Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

OUTLINE OF ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF MICROBIOLOGY

1. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (CONTRIBUTION TO MICROBIOLOGY)

2. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632 -1723) DD Populary known as Father of Microbiology Born on 24.10.1632 at Delft , Netherlands Owned a textile business Dutch Microbiologist He ground glasses and prepared hand made lenses Prepared singled lensed microscopes initially to observed textile quality and later his lenses were used to observe small organisms by him Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist to observe microbes

3. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK Leeuwenhoek’s animalcules drawing Observed bacteria, fungi using his hand made microscopes He described the microbes found in rainwater as animalcules Made more than 500 microscopes and the magnification power of his lenses were 200-300 times Elected as a member of Royal Society