Round 7: 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 were jointly awarded a 2008 Nobel Prize for discovering HIV. (-5[1])This scientist corresponded with John Tyndall and boiled meat broth (10[1])in a swan neck flask (10[1])to disprove the (10[1])theory of spontaneous generation. (10[1])A process (10[2]-5[1])named for this scientist involves heating a liquid (10[1])to 70 degrees (10[1])Celsius (10[1])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. ■END■ (10[1])

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