Answer to Question #93457 in Microbiology for Kylie

Question

Explain why the belief in spontaneous generation as obstacle to the development of
microbiology as a scientific discipline.

Answer 1

The believe that life can spontaneously emerge from non-living matter was an obstacle to the development of microbiology because scientists just declared existence of microbes without searching for mechanisms of transmission and reproduction. As a result both microbiology and medicine were held behind.