Question : Who discovered bacteria?
Option 1: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Option 2: Robert Brown
Option 3: Robert Hooke
Option 4: Robert Koch
Correct Answer: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Solution : The correct option is Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek .
Bacteria were discovered by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. He was the first to conduct microbe experiments using single-lensed microscopes of his design. He was a Dutch scientist known as "the father of microbiology". Bacteria are prokaryotes which belong to the Kingdom Monera.
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