NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
Question
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Other than Spallanzani, who refuted the theory of spontaneous generation?
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Fracastorius
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Louis Pasteur
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Francesco Redi
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Theodore Schwann
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Pasteur is credited with conclusively disproving the theory of spontaneous generation with his famous swan-neck flask experiment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hnece, the correct answer is ‘Francisco Redi, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Pasteur’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Francesco Redi’s seventeenth-century experiments on insect generation are regarded as a key contribution to the downfall of belief in spontaneous generation.
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