Pasteur's hypothesis involving spontaneous generation was:
A) Life arises from the application of heat to nutrient solutions.
B) Life comes only from life.
C) Primitive life forms are present in yeast.
D) Life forms are present in the tails of comets.
E) Life arises from the spontaneous synthesis of organic chemicals.

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Pasteur's hypothesis involving spontaneous generation was that life can only come from pre-existing life (also known as biogenesis), and that spontaneous generation of life from non-living matter does not occur. This was demonstrated through his famous swan-necked flask experiments, where he showed that boiled nutrient broth remained sterile as long as contaminants were kept out of the flask, even with exposure to air.

Pasteur's Hypothesis Involving Spontaneous Generation Was