why were bacteria unknown to science until the 1800's?

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2007-02-15 11:17:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

Bacteria are so small. No one saw bacteria until Leeuwenhoek observed them with his new and improved lenses.

2007-02-15 11:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

They are too small to see with the naked eye. However God wrote about bacteria in the bible 4000 years ago!

2007-02-15 19:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by t_fo_sizzle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

No one knw they were there until the invention of the microscope.

2007-02-15 19:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

can't see them without a microscope.

2007-02-15 19:35:47 · answer #4 · answered by Dead Robin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋