Round 10: Tossup 2

This scientist and collaborator of Marie Laurent (“laur-ON”) told his family never to reveal his laboratory notebooks to anyone as he often gave misleading accounts of his discoveries. Researchers from a European institute named for this scientist (-5[1])were jointly awarded (-5[1])a 2008 Nobel Prize (-5[1])for discovering HIV. This scientist corresponded with John Tyndall and boiled meat broth in a swan neck (10[1])flask to disprove (10[1])the theory (10[1]-5[1])of spontaneous (10[1])generation. (10[1])A process named for this scientist (10[1])involves heating a liquid (10[1])to 70 degrees Celsius to inactivate enzymes that cause spoilage. (10[1])For 10 points, name this French scientist and “father of microbiology,” who names a process that makes it safe to drink milk. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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