Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first microbiologist to use a microscope to examine environmental samples for the presence of microorganisms. Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first microbiologist to use a microscope to examine environmental samples for the presence of microorganisms. True False

True

Explanation:

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, a shopkeeper and city gatekeeper, became a remarkable Dutch naturalist who lived from 24 October 1632 to 26 August 1723. Leeuwenhoek is considered by some to be the inventor of the microscope and for others the perfector However, he was the first microbiologist to use a microscope to examine environmental samples for microorganisms. It was also he who, at the end of the seventeenth century, first identified yeast as a living being, an integral part of the production of fermented beverages. Therefore, considering it as the precursor of microscopy - or at least an important researcher in this area - is a fair and coherent reference.

True. Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first microbiologist to see microorganism.

Explanation:

Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was a Dutch microbiologist that constructed very simple microscopes with the power enough to see microorganism from different samples (water, food, human cells, etc.). He saw for the first time bacteria from water infusions and called them "animalcules". Their observations was published in a very important scientific association in London and open a new area of study.