Identify the contributions to Microbiology made by Redi, Tyndall, and Pasteur.
Solution
Francesco Redi (1626-1697) was an Italian physician, who first refused the theory of
spontaneous generation. He refused the idea of spontaneous generation of maggots (larva of
flies) from the meat.
John Tyndall (1820-1893) is a physicist of 19th century. He studied diamagnetism and also the
made discoveries regarding the physical properties of air and the infrared radiation. He studied
the effect of radiant energy on the air.
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist during the 19th century. He disproved the theory of
spontaneous generation and won the debate on this topic and Academy’s prize. He filtered the air
through a gun-cotton filter and observed the presence of microbes on the filter under the
microscope..
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1. Identify the contributions to Microbiology made by Redi, Tyndall, and Pasteur.
Solution
Francesco Redi (1626-1697) was an Italian physician, who first refused the theory of
spontaneous generation. He refused the idea of spontaneous generation of maggots (larva of
flies) from the meat.
John Tyndall (1820-1893) is a physicist of 19th century. He studied diamagnetism and also the
made discoveries regarding the physical properties of air and the infrared radiation. He studied
the effect of radiant energy on the air.
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist during the 19th century. He disproved the theory of
spontaneous generation and won the debate on this topic and Academy’s prize. He filtered the air
through a gun-cotton filter and observed the presence of microbes on the filter under the
microscope.
