The First Person to Visualize Individual Microbial Cells Was

Question

The first person to visualize individual microbial cells was
A) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
B) Robert Hooke.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) Lady Montagu.
E) Edward Jenner.

Accepted Answer

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to visualize individual microbial cells using a single-lens microscope he developed in the late 17th century. Robert Hooke also observed microbial cells around the same time period, but his observations were limited to plant cells and not individual microbial cells. Louis Pasteur, Lady Montagu, and Edward Jenner made significant contributions to microbiology, but they did not visualize individual microbial cells.