Question

Who is the father of Virology?

• A. Martinus Beijerinck
• B. Dmitri Ivanovsky
• C. John Ellerman
• D. Frederick Twort

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Martinus Beijerinck

Martinus Willem Beijerinck is often called as Father of Virology. M.W. Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. In 1898, he gave the phrase “contagium vivum fluidum” which means “living contagious fluid” to describe a virus.