-
idea that living things came from non-living matter -
early experiment with meat in jars that were covered or open, only the open jars got maggots -
boiled broth, put a lid on it, still grew spoilage -
boiling broth while covered kills mircrobes, and they won't grow back
boiling uncovered --> bacteria will grow when cooled -
air drawn through a cotton plug contains thousands of tiny microscopic life forms, thus the air contains life, but tiny -
Swan neck flask experiment forever disproved spontaneous generation and led to the germ theory -
developed first classification system for bacteria