MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiology is a branch of biology where we study about microorganisms.

The microbes we study are so small that cannot be observed by the naked eyes, so we make the use of microscope to observe them.

Why we study microbes?

We study about microbes for following reasons:

whether they are useful or harmful.
how do they survive?
how can we culture them?
what diseases are caused by a specific species?
how can we cure the diseases?
how these microbes reproduce?

and many more reasons are there which may eat up whole day if described here but above mentioned are the major ones.

THE FATHER

As every subject have it's own father, microbiology too have.

we all know that father of biology is Aristotle, but what about microbiology?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek, born on 24th October 1632, in Delft, Netherlands is considered as the Father of Microbiology.

In his early days he worked as an apprentice to a linen draper and at the age of 20 he returned back to Delft and established himself as a draper and from the start he had a special curiosity of observing linen as close as possible to assure the quality and this led him to develop the finest microscope of that time. He started observing water samples and in around 1674 he discovered protozoa and later bacteria.