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Microscope reveals an entire living world hidden from human sight as a Dutch observer reports tiny creatures where everyone else saw ordinary water. Humanity learns the naked eye has been missing quite a lot.
Mitochondria and chloroplasts carry their own DNA because they descend from ancient bacteria that became permanent parts of eukaryotic cells.
One of the founders of modern hygiene became so convinced that cholera required the right combination of microbe, environment, and host conditions that he swallowed the organism himself to demonstrate that the bacterium alone wasn't sufficient.