AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was not until the work of Louis Pasteur and John Tyndall in the 19th century that this theory was finally disproved. The theory lines up with the theory of origin of life, which states the process of abiogenesis. Abiogenesis is the natural process of creation of simple organic compounds from nonliving matter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pasteur and others used the term biogenesis as the opposite of spontaneous generation, to mean that life was generated only from other life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Louis Pasteur is credited with conclusively disproving the theory of spontaneous generation with his famous swan-neck flask experiment. He subsequently proposed that “life only comes from life.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Spontaneous generation is the theory that living organisms may be created from non-living matter, as shown by the presence of life in supposedly sterile conditions. Biogenesis is the theory that all living matter originates from other living matter.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to this theory, living things arise spontaneously from non-living matter. This theory today is called abiogenesis. Abiogenesis refers to the spontaneous generation of living things, including microbes.