Microbiology Concepts and Historical Milestones Quiz

Alexander Fleming is credited with the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is known as the 'Father of Microbiology.'

Incubation is not a method of sterilization.

Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is unaffected.

James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA.

Francesco Redi proposed the theory of spontaneous generation.

Prokaryotic cells do not have a true nucleus, making the absence of a nucleus a characteristic.

A virus that infects bacteria is called a bacteriophage.

Agar is used in microbiology to solidify culture media for the growth of microorganisms.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the microorganism responsible for causing tuberculosis.

Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine for smallpox.

Robert Koch proposed the germ theory of disease.

Selman Waksman discovered the first antibiotic produced by a bacterium.

Louis Pasteur proposed the theory of biogenesis.

Plasmodium is the microorganism responsible for causing malaria.