If Borders is selected in the draft, she won't be the first woman selected there, either. The Chicago White Sox selected Karey Schueler - daughter of Chisox general manager Ron - with their 43rd pick (of 49 in all) in the 1993 draft. Nor will Borders even be the first woman to play professional baseball.
The criteria for establishing a causative link between a particular microorganism and a particular disease were first proposed by Jacob Henle. true Viruses and bacteria were first cultured in the laboratory at about the same time.
Van Leeuwenhoek discovered protozoa - the single-celled organisms and he called them animalcules. He also improved the microscope and laid foundation for microbiology. He is often cited as the first microbiologist to study muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa and blood flow in capillaries.