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Pasteur
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Pas·teur (ps-tûr, pä-str), Louis 1822-1895.
French chemist who founded modern microbiology, invented pasteurization, and developed vaccines for anthrax, rabies, and chicken cholera.
Pasteur, Louis
Etymology: French chemist, 1822-1895
promoter of the germ theory of infection and developer of the pasteurization process to kill pathogenic organisms in milk. Pasteur also developed several vaccines and pioneered the development of stereochemistry by separating mirror image isomers.
Pasteur
named after Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and biochemist.
Pasteur-Chamberland filter
see pasteur-chamberland filter.
Pasteur effect
the decrease in the rate of glycolysis and the suppression of lactate accumulation by tissues or microorganisms in the presence of oxygen.


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This outstanding series of 23 minute DVDs begins with "A History of Invention" and "Inventing in Today's World", and then continues with the stories of Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, Louis Pasteur, James Watt, Eli Whitney, and the Wright Brothers.
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He documents the work of many notable scientists, such as John Henry Bell, Robert Koch, and Louis Pasteur, whose research (sometimes scientific, sometimes fortuitous), findings, and experiments have created worker health standards, manufacturing processes, laboratory procedures, and life-saving vaccines still in use today.
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