Microorganisms (Aug 2023)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723): Master of Fleas and Father of Microbiology

  • Ulrich Kutschera

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081994
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 8
p. 1994

Abstract

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The Dutch scientist and entrepreneur Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) was the first to discover and describe microorganisms (protists, bacteria), living beings he characterized as “animalcules” (little animals) [...]

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