The Scientist(s)given Credit for Disproving the Theory of Spontaneous Generation

question 56

Multiple Choice

The scientist(s) given credit for disproving the theory of spontaneous generation is (are)

• A) Louis Pasteur.
• B) Mathias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann.
• C) Robert Hooke.
• D) Rudolf Virchow.
• E) Antony van Leeuwenhoek.

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