Monomorphic theory, supported by Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Virchow, Ferdinand Cohn, and Robert Koch, emerged to become the dominant paradigm in modern medical science: it is now almost universally accepted that each bacterial cell is derived from a previously existing cell of practically the same size and shape.
A teoría monomórfica, apoiada por Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Virchow, Ferdinand Cohn, e Robert Koch, acabou por facerse o paradigma dominante na ciencia médica moderna: hoxe acéptase case universalmente que cada célula bacteriana deriva dunha célula preexistente de practicamente o mesmo tamaño e forma.