Q191
Who is regarded as the Father of virology?
A.
M. W. Beijetnick
AnswerB.
D. I. vanovsky
C.
F. C. Bawden
D.
Adolf Mayer
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
M. W. Beijetnick is regarded as the Father of virology.Martinus Willem Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the discovery of viruses, which he called "contagium vivum fluidum".
In 1898, he published results on the filtration experiments demonstrating that tobacco mosaic disease is caused by an infectious agent smaller than a bacterium.