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Who is acknowledged as the official beginner of the field of virology?

  • Louis Pasteur
  • Robert Koch
  • Martinus Beijerinck (correct)
  • Rosalind Franklin

What did Martinus Beijerinck use to describe the mysterious agent in his 'contagium vivum fluidum'?

  • Bacteria
  • Virus (correct)
  • Parasite
  • Fungus

Who proposed the full structure of the tobacco mosaic virus?

  • Marie Curie
  • Rosalind Franklin (correct)
  • Dorothy Hodgkin
  • Barbara McClintock

What is the main focus of virology as a subfield of microbiology?

<p>Detection, structure, classification, and evolution of viruses (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Martinus Beijerinck identify as the causative agent of tobacco mosaic disease?

<p>A novel pathogen (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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