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Antoine von leeuwenhoek
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe living microbes and was the creator of the microscope. -
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation and developed the germ theory of diseases. -
Robert Koch
Developed Koch's postulates and developed pure culture method. -
Joseph Lister
introduced aseptic techniques to reduce microbes in medical settings. used heat for sterilization
