NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
Question
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Rudolf Virchow is given credit for proposingwhich of the following theories?
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abiogenesis
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biogenesis
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germ theory of disease
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spontaneous generation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The third part, which asserts that cells come from preexisting cells that have multiplied, was described by Rudolf Virchow in 1858, when he stated omnis cellula e cellula (all cells come from cells).
Detailed explanation-2: -Around 1850, a German doctor named Rudolf Virchow was studying cells under a microscope when he happened to see them dividing and forming new cells. He realized that living cells produce new cells through division. Based on this realization, Virchow proposed that living cells arise only from other living cells.
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