1. TEORI ABIOGENESIS
- Aristoteles (384-322 SM)→ jasad renik terjadi secara
spontan dari bahan yang tidak hidup
• Aristotles’s doctrine of
spontaneous generation.
• Hypothesis that living organisms arise from nonliving
matter; a “vital force” forms life
Conditions Results
Three jars covered No maggots
with fine net
Three open jars Maggots appeared
From where did the maggots come?
What was the purpose of the sealed jars?
Spontaneous generation or biogenesis?
- John Needham (1713-1781) → mikrobia tumbuh
dalam daging walaupun sudah merebusnya,
menutup bahan tersebut dan melakukan cara
pencegahan lain.
Kesimpulan → mikrobia berasal dari daging
Conditions Results
Nutrient broth placed in Microbial growth
flask, heated, not sealed
Nutrient broth placed in No microbial growth
flask, heated, then sealed
Spontaneous generation or biogenesis?
Confirmation of Biogenesis
➢ Labu Pasteur berbentuk S (leher angsa) menahan mikroba keluar tetapi
membiarkan udara masuk
Figure 1.3
Louis Pasteur
B. PENEMUAN MIKROBA PENYEBAB PENYAKIT
Bukti-bukti :
➢ 1813 → ditemukan jamur penyebab penyakit
tanaman gandum
Paul Ehrlich