10 Questions
Who is known for establishing the field of modern taxonomy?
Carl Linnaeus
Who created a phylogenetic tree based on rRNA data?
Carl Woese
Who is credited with improving the design of the existing compound microscope in 1665?
Robert Hooke
Who made the first recorded observations of living bacteria?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
What term did Anton van Leeuwenhoek use to describe the 'tiny pores' he observed under the microscope?
Animalcules
Who first used aseptically cut slice of potato as a solid culture medium?
Robert Koch
Which scientist published Koch’s Postulates in The Etiology of Tuberculosis?
Robert Koch
Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905?
Robert Koch
Which scientist demonstrated the cultivation of the tubercule bacillus in pure culture on blood serum?
Robert Koch
Who struggled with the disadvantages of using liquid media for certain experiments and looked for alternatives like aseptically cut slice of potato as a solid culture medium?
Robert Koch
This quiz covers the introduction and history of taxonomy and phylogeny in biology, including the works of Carl Linnaeus and Carl Woese. It also explores the concept of the last universal common ancestor and the microbial world.
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