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In 1668, Italian physician Francesco Redi first performed tests with rotting meat that showed that maggots did not form spontaneously as was previously thought. It suggested that living things could only be formed from living things of the same type.

Louis Pasteur in 1861 improved upon the experiments of John Needham, who in 1745 had suggested that living things could form despite sterilization of the medium. Pasteur boiled solutions in beakers that had necks shaped like an S, so that airborne microorganisms could not reach the solution past the neck. Mold did not appear in the unexposed liquid that was boiled, but did in the solution that was exposed to bacteria from the air.

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Q: How did Louis Pasteur's experiment prove the cell theory and disprove the theory of spontaneous generation?
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What question was Spallanzani's experiment designed to answer?

It was to answer whether or not Spontaneous generation is possible or not.


How did Redi's experiment help disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?

His experiment disproved spontaneous generation by showing that maggots don't arise from decayed meat.


What question was spallazanis experiment designed to answer?

Spallanzani's experiment was designed to disprove the spontaneous generation of microbes in the air.


Who were the two early scientists whose experiments helped disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?

Redi and Pasteur helped to disprove spontaneous generation.


What reason did Pasteur do his experiment with flask?

He wanted to disprove spontaneous generation; that micro organisms were not carried by air, but were deposited from dust.


Did john needham disprove spontaneous generation?

no


How did pateur's experiment help show spontaneous generation does not occur?

Francesco Redi was the first person to question the validity of spontaneous generation. He was able to disprove the theory by showing that maggots came from fly eggs.


Which of the following requirements was NOT necessary for Pasteur to disprove spontaneous generation?

Identifying Bacteria


What two scientist's helped to disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?

Redi and Pasteur


How did the observation for flasks 2 disprove spontaneous generation?

The observations disproved spontaneous generation because nothing happened. There was nothing generated in flask two, therefore, it disproves the theory.


Who used broth and flasks to disprove spontaneous generation?

Your mom was the first one. you ain't know?


What were the experiments that were used to explain the concept of spontaneous generation?

Francesco Redi - One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. An Italian doctor who proved maggots came from flies. (Italian 1668) Lazzaro Spallanzani - One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. An Italian scientist who proved microorganisms could be killed by boiling. (Italian 1767) Louis Pasteur - One of the first to disprove spontaneous generation. A French scientist who proved that micro organisms was carried by dust not air. (French 1864) In 1953 Miller and Urey experiment called as electric spark experiment shows how process of formation of organic compounds or first living cell formation occur.