Which one of the following experiments suggests
that simplest living organisms could not have
originated spontaneously from non-living matter?
(a) Larvae could appear in decaying organic matter.
(b) Microbes did not appear in stored meat.
(c) Microbes appeared from unsterilised organic
matter.
(d) Meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept
sealed in a vessel.

1 Answer

Answer :

(d) Meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept

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