Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...

Advances in microbiology are largely driven by ... The microscopic world became visible with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's improved lenses; he revealed a new world filled with 'animalcules', single ...

In hopes of seeing why a peppercorn tastes peppery, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ... the first bacteria ever observed. Van Leeuwenhoek, aka the father of microbiology, glimpsed a world in the 17th ...

In the 17th century, a Dutch merchant named Antony van Leeuwenhoek began experimenting ... into a previously-hidden realm—far wilder than anything van Leeuwenhoek, known as the “father of microbiology ...

Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the ...