• Question: who first found micro-organisms

    Asked by harrison to Cathal, Daphne, Darren, Jon, Katherine on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Daphne Ng

      Daphne Ng answered on 16 Mar 2012:


      It was a Dutch scientist called Antony van Leeuwenhoek who lived in the 16th century. He made microscopes which enabled him to observe microorganisms such as bacteria. At that time, no one realised that tiny invisible microorganisms existed so he was the first person to observe and describe them.

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