Microbiology - Scientific Method & History of Microbiology

The theory of spontaneous generation says that:

• only the strong survive

• life comes from non-life

• microorganisms evolve

• germs cause disease

Who developed the world's first vaccine?

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• Edward Jenner

• John Snow

Who invented the microscope?

• John Tyndall

• Florence Nightingale

• Alexander Fleming

• Anton van Leewenhoek

The Italian physician who did experiments with flies and discovered that maggots come from fly eggs, trying to disprove spontaneous generation, was _______________.

The German physician and microbiologist who discovered Anthrax Disease and the bacteria responsible for causing tuberculosis and Cholera was ____________.

Who discovered Penicillin?

• Alexander Fleming

• Gerhard Domagk

• Robert Koch

• John Needham

Who discovered Sulfa drugs?

• Alexander Fleming

• Paul Erlich

• Joseph Lister

• Gerhard Domagk

Who is known as the Father of Microbiology?

• Lazzaro Spallanzani

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• Oliver Wendell Holmes

Who is known as history's greatest microbiologist?

• Anton van Leewenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• Edward Jenner

Who founded the profession of nursing and started the world's first nursing school?

• Kim Turnbull

• Debra Borchert

• Florence Nightingale

• Karen Cluck