Spontaneous Generation Theory and Microbiology Pioneers
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Who discovered the Leprosy bacillus?

  • Neisser
  • Hansen (correct)
  • Roux
  • Ogston

Which scientist developed the Rabies vaccine?

  • Loeffler
  • Ogston
  • Pasteur (correct)
  • Von Behring

Who coined the term 'Virus' for filterable infectious agents?

  • Jenner
  • Roux
  • Pasteur
  • Beijerinck (correct)

Which Nobel Laureate contributed to the discovery of Penicillin?

<p>Fleming (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the father of Bacteriology?

<p>leeuwenhoek (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What important contribution did Edward Jenner make to medicine?

<p>Smallpox vaccination (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the Father of Bacteriology and Protozoology?

<p>Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist first described microorganisms such as bacteria and protozoa as 'Animalcules'?

<p>Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with showing that maggots do not arise from decaying meat, contrary to the belief in spontaneous generation?

<p>Francesco Redi (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist described a disease caused by a minute 'seed' or 'germ'?

<p>Roger Bacon (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who among the listed scientists believed in 'Spontaneous Generation' theory?

<p>Roger Bacon (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The term microbe was coined by whom in 1878?'

<p>Sedillot (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was known as the father of Medical Microbiology?

<p>Louis Pasteur (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did John Needham propose in relation to the origin of tiny organisms?

<p>They arose spontaneously on mutton gravy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist demonstrated that air carried germs to the culture medium?

<p>Lazzaro Spallanzai (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Louis Pasteur suggest as an alternative to boiling for destroying undesirable organisms?

<p>Mild heating at 62.8°C for 30 minutes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which one of these statements applies to Louis Pasteur?

<p>He coined the term 'microbiology' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Louis Pasteur disprove with his experiments?

<p>The theory of spontaneous germination (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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