Predict how Pasteur's conclusions on spontaneous generation with swan flasks would have changed if he worked with and maintained the flasks in a sterile laminar flow hood.
A) Sterilization of the swan flask solutions would not have been necessary to reject spontaneous generation. If he did sterilize the flasks, the spontaneous generation hypothesis would have been supported.
B) His incubation times would not have been sufficient to refute spontaneous generation.
C) Pasteur's flasks never would have putrefied, and the experiment would not have refuted spontaneous generation.
D) Viruses would have still been present, and his conclusion would have been unchanged.

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Maintaining the flasks in a sterile laminar flow hood would have prevented any outside contamination from the air or surfaces, eliminating the possibility of putrefaction and thereby not refuting spontaneous generation.

Predict How Pasteur's Conclusions on Spontaneous Generation with Swan Flasks