Question

Which one of the following fields paved the sway for modern microbiology ?
a) development of vaccines
b) technique of new viral strains
c) discovery of new viral strains
d) development of pure culture technique

Answer 1

The development of pure culture techniques was pioneered by Winogradsky and Beijerinck in the early part of the 20th century.

It helps to take apart the complexity of the natural microbial world and assign chemical basis of transformation of the environment to the actions by the particular organisms.

Pure culture techniques therefore paved way for the formal description of the comparatively small collection of about 5,000 microbes.

It hence gives us maximum knowledge about the microbial diversity. Hence the correct answer is “D” development of pure culture techniques.