Microbiology: An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1R
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1. How did the idea of spontaneous generation come about?
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Summary Introduction
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The historical perspective of spontaneous generation hypothesis
Introduction:
Spontaneous generation was a hypothesis that postulated that a living organism develops from a non-living thing.
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Conclusion
Since the time of Louis Pasteur’s theory of biogenesis had been introduced, no one was able to refute Pasteur’s experiment and that ended the concept of abiogenesis or spontaneous generation.
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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