Who is called a father of microbiology for his single-lens microscopes?
AVan Leeuwenhoek
BJoseph Lister
CRobert Koch
DFerdinand Cohn
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek observed bacteria in 1676 with his own single-lens microscope.
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