In the early days of germ theory, contagious diseases were thought to be caused by fungi or bacteria. in the 1890s, dmitri ivanovski filtered extracts from diseased tobacco plants and discovered that the disease could be transmitted to new plants through the filtrate. he concluded that the disease was caused by particles smaller than bacteria: the tobacco mosaic virus. which best explains how ivanovski's work led to a change in the germ theory?

not too sure maybe olecranon process

step 1: nitrogen fixation- conversion of atmospheric no₂ into forms useful to plants by lightning, bacteria, and cyanobacteria.

step 2: nitrification-process of converting ammonia to nitrite or nitrate.

step 3: assimilation-plant roots absorb new form of nitrogen.

step 4: ammonification-conversion of organic nitrogen to ammonia by bacteria involved in decomposition.

step 5: denitrification-bacteria turns the decomposed matter back into n₂o, which is released into atmosphere; repeat cycle.