Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134605180
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
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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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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