5 Questions
Who is acknowledged as the official beginner of the field of virology?
Martinus Beijerinck
What did Martinus Beijerinck use to describe the mysterious agent in his 'contagium vivum fluidum'?
Virus
Who proposed the full structure of the tobacco mosaic virus?
Rosalind Franklin
What is the main focus of virology as a subfield of microbiology?
Detection, structure, classification, and evolution of viruses
What did Martinus Beijerinck identify as the causative agent of tobacco mosaic disease?
A novel pathogen
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