Question

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who first discovered bacteria belonged to which country?
A.France
B. Sweden
C. Holland
D. United Kingdom

Answer 1

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, was a Dutch tradesman and scientist commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology". He is considered to be the first microbiologist and best known for his work on the improvement of the microscope. He did a lot of contributions to the establishment of microbiology.

Step by step answer: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born on October 24, 1632, and died on August 26, 1723. He lived at Delft, Holland. He was the first microscopist to observe bacteria and protozoa. He researched lower animals. These denied the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and his observations enabled foundations for the sciences of bacteriology and protozoology. Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek is also best known for his work on the advancement of the microscope.
Van Leeuwenhoek's main discoveries are:
-infusoria (protists in modern zoological classification), in 1674
-bacteria, (large Selenomonads from the human mouth), in 1683.
-the vacuole of the cell
-spermatozoa, in 1677
-the banded pattern of muscular fibers, in 1682
Van Leeuwenhoek was born in Holland. It is a nation and a retired province on the western coast of the Netherlands. The name Holland is also often used informally to pertain to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. It is employed by the Dutch themselves.
So, the correct answer is option C - Holland, because Van Leeuwenhoek was born and spent his life in Delft, Holland.

Note: Van Leeuwenhoek's discovery was significant because it altered the emphasis of scientific observations from big things to small things. He persuaded attention to such tiny things such as bacteria, microbes, and cells.