Rezumat: We tend to ignore or consider less important what we
generally cannot see. This was the case with germs
throughout many years; these tiny, invisible by naked
eye organisms that have been discovered since 1676
by the Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
Practically, he was one of the first to develop a powerful
enough microscope which was able to see the unusual
microorganisms moving frantically within the analyzed
solution. Those were the first germs ever seen up
until that moment, which van Leeuwenhoek named
with fascination ”animalcule”, i.e. little animals. Cuvinte cheie: germs, antibiotics, bacteria.