Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134605180
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 9MCQ
Spallanzani’s conclusion about spontaneous generation was challenged because Lavoisier had just shown that oxygen was the vital component of air. Which of the following statements is true?
- a. All life requires air.
- b. Only disease-causing organisms require air.
- c. Some microbes do not require air.
- d. Pasteur kept air out of his biogenesis experiments.
- e. Lavoisier was mistaken.
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Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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