Round 9: 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 (-5[1])a 2008 Nobel Prize (-5[1])for discovering HIV. (10[1])This scientist corresponded with John Tyndall and boiled meat broth in a swan neck flask (10[2])to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation. A process named for this scientist involves heating a liquid to 70 (10[1])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[2])

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