Louis Pasteur's experiment illustrated that

A) life began by chemical evolution.
B) microbes will grow spontaneously in a nutrient broth that has been sterilized and sealed.
C) only some organisms can form spontaneously in nutrient broth.
D) microbes will not grow in a nutrient broth that has been sterilized unless air is allowed to enter the vessel through an opening.
E) some complex molecules associated with living organisms can be synthesized by heating and cooling a solution of simple molecules and providing an electric spark.


D

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