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Date1836
AuthorSchulze
ContributionReported that the development of microorganisms in sterile organic matter can be prevented by chemical treatment of incoming air.
ReferenceLechevalier
NotesUsed sulfuric acid or potassium hydroxide. This was a contribution to the long Spontaneous Generation controversy that was separate from, but relevant to, the Germ Theory. The work was cited by Pasteur.
CategoryMiscellany
Pathogen ClassGeneral

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