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

Question

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.

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur is credited with disproving the theory of spontaneous generation through his experiments with swan-necked flasks. He showed that microorganisms could not spontaneously generate in a sterile environment and that they only appeared when introduced from an outside source.