Gen sci louis pasteur

heat-treatment process used

to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, and other

pathogens in foods and beverages without

changing their quality

Define pasteurization

Sep 28, 1895

When did Pasteur die to strokes? Hint, ena’s bday

1857-1860

When did louis pasteur discover fermentation?

Fermentation

Pasteur studied wine under the microscope and discovered tiny living organisms. He showed that yeast was responsible for converting sugar into alcohol, while other bacteria caused spoilage by producing lactic acid.

Pasteur effect

Presence of oxygen slows down the rate of sugar breakdown

Swan Necks Flask Experiment

The experiment he used to disprove spontaneous generation during 1861-1864

Spontaneous generation

The (incorrect) idea that living things can come from nonliving matter.

Germ Theory of Disease

The idea that many human illnesses are caused by specific microbes

Silkworms

The animal he used to prove that infections were contagious and hereditary

Miasma

other term for “bad air.” Most doctors at the time believed this was the source of disease.

Joseph Lister

The scientist that read Pasteur’s work, and implemented antiseptic methods in surgery— sterilizing surgical instruments and cleaning wounds with carbolic acid in 1867.

chicken cholera (fowl cholera)

In 1879, a vaccine for ____ was produced by accidentally discovering attenuation.

Attenuation

The term for weakening the Pasteurella multocida bacterium by leaving cultures exposed to air for a month.

Anthrax

An infectious disease that affects cattle, sheep, etc. that can be transmitted to man.

Staphylococcus

Bacteria that causes skin boils, wound infections, food poisoning, and dangerous blood infections

Streptococcus

Bacteria that causes strep throat, scarlet fever, and skin rashes

Pneumococcus

Bacteria that causes pneumonia, ear infections, sinus infections, and meningitis

Joseph Meister

The name of the young boy that got bitten by a rabid dog, and the first person to get tested with the rabies vaccine by Louis Pasteur in 1885