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jan 1, 1861 - Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation using his S-shaped flask experiments with broth.

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By manipulating the different variables of air and passageways to the broth, Pasteur showed that microbes are responsible for food spoilage and fermentation.

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jan 1, 1861
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~ 165 years ago