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A. Tick (/) the correct options:
1.
(a) Edward Jenner
(c) Alexander Fleming
was the first scientist to describe microorganisms.
(b) Louis Pasteur
(d) Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
d?
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Answered by Yuseong
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Appropriate Question:

1. __________ was the first scientist to describe microorganisms.

Answer :

  • Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek

Explanation ::

• Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek was the first one who discovered bacteria.

• Also, he is known as the "father of microbiology".

• He was the first one who discovered and observed living microorganisms.

Some extra information :

Edward Jenner was the first one to discover the vaccine of small pox. He discovered it is 1798.

Alexander Fleming was the first one to discover an antibiotic in 1929. He discovered an antibiotic named "penicillin". Penicillin is made from the fungi called "penicillium".

[Antibiotics are used to kill or stop the growth of the microorganisms which cause diseases.]

Louis Pasteur discovered two major processes "pasteurization" and "fermentation".

Pasteurization is the method to preserve milk by heating it for 30 minutes and suddenly cooling it.

Fermentation is the process of conversion of sugar into alcohol by yeast (fungi). Fermenation process is used in making bread , alcoholic beverages etc.

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