Pasteur

[pa-stur, pah-stœr]

noun

1. Louis 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.

Pasteur

/ pastœr /

noun

1. Louis (lwi). 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist. His discovery that the fermentation of milk and alcohol was caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization. He also devised methods of immunization against anthrax and rabies and pioneered stereochemistry

Pasteur

1. French chemist who founded modern microbiology. His early work with fermentation led him to invent the process of pasteurization. Pasteur established that microorganisms cause communicable diseases and infections.

Other Word Forms

• Pasteurian adjective

Example Sentences

Pasteur established that consumable liquids like raw water and milk can harbor disease-causing pathogens.

From Salon

The idea of mirror life was first floated in 1860 by Louis Pasteur, of vaccination, fermentation and pasteurization fame.

From Salon

He was a lowly lab assistant at the Pasteur Institute in Paris when he first collected the data that would lead to the discovery of bacteriophages.

From Salon

Last year, the Pasteur Institute won €2 million from the European Research Council to launch its IndexThePlanet project to catalog all data in the SRA.

From Science Magazine

In Phnom Penh, the national laboratory sent Virun’s sample down the road to the Institut Pasteur, the Cambodian outpost of a global network of public health research centers that date from the French colonial era.

From Seattle Times