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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the father of Bacteriology?

    <p>leeuwenhoek</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What important contribution did Edward Jenner make to medicine?

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

    Who is considered the Father of Bacteriology and Protozoology?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    <p>Sedillot</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was known as the father of Medical Microbiology?

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

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

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

    Which one of these statements applies to Louis Pasteur?

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

    What did Louis Pasteur disprove with his experiments?

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

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