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Which one of the following experiments
suggests that simplest living organisms could
not have originated spontaneously from non-living matter ?
- AMeat was not spoiled, when heated and kept sealed in a vessel
- BLarva cound appear in decaying organic matter
- CMicrobes appeared form unsterilized organic matter
- Dmicrobes did not appear in stored meat
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Correct answer: A
Microbes were killed by heating the meat and the sealed vessel formed a closed system wherein the new microbes could not come in contact with the nutrient medium and hence no spoilage of meat.
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