This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Microbiology has 19 clues. Answers range from 4 to 28 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Developed the first microscope and said all life is made of cells
First to describe bacteria
Advocated the theory of spontaneous generation. Proposed prevention methods of disease similar to COVID-19 measures
Ran experiment with food spoilage to test if flies undergo spontaneous generation
Advocate of spontaneous generation. Boiled liquid, let cool, then sealed flask resulting in microbial growth
Repeated Needham's work with modifications
Disproved spontaneous generation and discovered pasteurization of milk and wine. Germ theory of disease.
Discovered cause of "childbed fever." Doctors were doing autopsies and delivering babies
Pioneered use of phenol in surgery and developed antiseptic techniques
Established first nursing school
Discovered that a specific disease caused by specific pathogens explain the germ theory of disease
Developed differential stain to identify bacteria based on their cell wall
Used agar-agar from seaweed to make jellies. Her husband used this to grow microbes on a surface
Studied bacteria in nitrogen and sulfur cycles. Proposed chemolithotrophy
"It is all the same!" "Unity in Biochemistry"
Sequenced the 16S/18S subunit of rRNA and discovered Archaea
Discovered that the transforming substance is DNA
Discovered structure of DNA
Discovered molecular sequences could be used to reconstruct evolutionary relationships