History of Microbiology

Small pox vaccine was first discovered by

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• Joseph Lister

• Edward Jenner

Who performed the Swan neck experiment to disprove the theory of abiogenesis?

• Lazzaro Spallanzani

• John Tyndall

• Francisco Redi

• Louis Pasteur

Father of microbiology is

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• A.V. Leeuwenhoek

• Edward Jenner

Compound Microscope was discovered by

• Robert Koch

• Janssen and Hans

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Hooke

Antiseptic surgery was discovered by

• Joseph Lister

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• John Tyndall

Father of Epidemiology

• Louis Pasteur

• John Snow

• Robert Koch

• Joseph Lister

Hand Washing to prevent childhood fever was introduced by

• Joseph Lister

• Robert Koch

• Ignaz Semmelweis

• Edward Jenner

First Louis Pasteur conducted fermentation experiments in

• Fruit juices

• Milk

• Food materials

• Dogs

The epidemic that infected Europe, Middle East and North Africa and killed tens of millions of people was known as the Black Death. The disease was caused by

• Small pox

• Anthrax

• Bubonic plague

• Spanish flu

This scientist experimented with raw meat: one was sealed and the other was left to be exposed to flies; maggot growth was observed ONLY in meat that was exposed.

• Francisco Redi

• Antony Von Leewenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• John Needham