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Which was the first “cell” viewed by the light microscope?
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DNA
DNA

microbe
microbe

atom
atom

oak bark

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oak bark — Robert Hooke (1665) viewed thin slices of cork (oak bark) with a light microscope and coined the term "cell." DNA and atoms are far too small for light microscopes; microbes were seen later by Leeuwenhoek.