[2026] PTE Academic Listening - Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

The move toward cleaner streets in the past was a direct result of the early acceptance of germ theory.

Miasma theory was found to have no impact on the development of public sanitation infrastructure.

Miasma theory mistakenly attributed the cause of diseases like the plague to the presence of foul-smelling air.

Joseph Lister was a pioneer who applied germ theory to surgical practices by using sterilization techniques.

Robert Koch developed a series of postulates to prove the existence of foul air as a disease vector.

Louis Pasteur's research into fermentation was instrumental in proving that bacteria cause spoilage.