For the answer to the question above, <span>Griffith heated a culture of a disease- causing the strain of the bacteria, which killed the bacteria but didn't destroy the DNA. When he mixed the heat-killed, disease-causing bacteria with live harmless bacteria, the DNA from the disease-causing bacteria was infused to the live bacteria. This kind of bacteria and their offspring caused pneumonia to the mice.</span>
Biologically thinking, I would say viruses.
Viruses are Inert organisms, they are not influenced by temperature on the opposite of other organisms like humans or bacteria (there are some exceptions in bacteria)
Temperature influences proteins, it could change their conformation and their activity, especially for enzymes.
Temperature decreases the energy flow, due to the decrease of thermal agitation of small molecules like ions in cells.
Viruses don't need active enzymes to live, it just needs host cells, which will be easier on cold days because of the decrease of immune system activity
On cold days you can see an emergence of viruses infections like flu or cold.
One statement that could disprove this theory is the fact that, according to the cell theory, all cells come from pre-existing cells. This basically means that cells can't just appear from nowhere; they have to come from another cell. Based on what we know today from scientific research, is there another law or statement that you could come up with to help disprove the theory? Hope this helped! :)
