Uncover the Secrets of Microbiology

Microbiology is the study of living organisms that are invisible to the naked eye, specifically the biology of microscopic organisms.

Some major fields of science in microbiology include bacteriology, mycology, protozoology, virology, alogology/phycology, parasitology, immunology, microbial ecology, and microbial systematics.

The microbial dimensions range from atoms (the tiniest) to small molecules, lipids, proteins, viruses, bacteria, organelles, and eukaryotic cells.

The theory of spontaneous generation is an obsolete theory that postulates that complex living organisms can come from non-living matter.

The theory of biogenesis postulates that new living organisms can only emerge from other previously existing living organisms.

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek contributed to bacteriology and protozoology. He was the first to discover bacteria and protozoa and recorded the first image of bacteria.

Carolous Von Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy. He named a uniform system called Binomial Nomenclature for plants and animals, where each species is assigned a unique two-part Latin name.

John Snow is known as the Father of Epidemiology. He helped fight cholera during the London outbreak and conducted the famous Broad Street Pump Outbreak study, which supported the germ theory of disease transmission.

Louis Pasteur, a chemist and microbiologist, developed the germ theory of disease v2, which explained the spoilage of food and drinks. He also developed the first vaccines against Chicken Cholera, Anthrax, and Rabies, and introduced the process of pasteurization.

Robert Koch is considered the Father of Modern Bacteriology. He was the first to prove that Anthrax is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthrasis. He also discovered that germs have their own life cycles and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1905.