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Describe one experiment used to refute the theory of spontaneous generation

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Answer:

The pasteur experiment

Step-by-step explanation:

1.it was the most famous way to conduct the experiment of spontaneous generation.

2.pasteur demonstrated that bacteria appearing in broth are not the result of spontaneous generation

3.this spontaneous generation experiment can also be disapproved by reading about Louis Pasteur "is credited with conclusively disapproving the theory of spontaneous generation with his famous swan neck flash experiment,he subsequently proposed that "life only comes from life" ".

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Answer: In 1858, Pasteur filtered air through a gun-cotton filter and, upon microscopic examination of the cotton, found it full of microorganisms.

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