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Question
Which of the following scientists supported Louis Pasteur's findings by demonstrating that air could carry particulate matter, and pure air introduced into media did not produce organisms?
Correct Answer
Option C is the correct answer.
Detailed Explanation
John Tyndall, an English physicist, devised an apparatus to demonstrate that air carried particulate matter and found that no organisms were produced when pure air was introduced into media capable of supporting microbial growth. His results further supported Pasteur's findings and helped to end the doctrine of spontaneous generation.
Hint
This individual's experiments reinforced the idea that microbes came from the environment, not spontaneously from air itself.