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  • Louis Pasteur
    Louis Pasteur
    Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments...

    (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist who invented:
    • Pasteurization
      Pasteurization
      Pasteurization is a process of heating a food, usually liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time, and then cooling it immediately. This process slows microbial growth in food...

    • The pasteur pipette
      Pasteur pipette
      Pasteur pipettes, also known as droppers or eye droppers, are used to transfer small quantities of liquids. They are usually glass tubes tapered to a narrow point, and fitted with a rubber bulb at the top. The combination of the Pasteur pipette and rubber bulb has also been referred to as a teat...

      , both named after him

Things and places named after Louis Pasteur

  • Pasteur Institute
    Pasteur Institute
    The Pasteur Institute is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who made some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine at the time, including pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax...

  • Pasteur point
    Pasteur point
    The Pasteur point is a level of oxygen above which aerobic microorganisms and facultative anaerobes adapt from anaerobic respiration to aerobic respiration. It is also used to mark the level of oxygen in the early atmosphere of the Earth that is believed to have led to major evolutionary changes...

    , level of oxygen
  • Pasteur (Paris Métro)
    Pasteur (Paris Metro)
    Pasteur is a station on lines 6 and 12 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement. The platforms on both lines are underground, although line 6 becomes elevated just to the northwest of the station. Nearby are the Pasteur Institute and the Lycée Buffon .-History:The station opened on 24 April...

    , Paris Métro station
  • Pasteur (Buenos Aires Metro)
    Pasteur (Buenos Aires Metro)
    Pasteur is a station on Line B of the Buenos Aires Metro....

    , Buenos Aires Metro station
  • Pasteur (lunar crater)
    Pasteur (lunar crater)
    Pasteur is a large lunar crater belonging to the category termed a walled plain. It lies on the far side of the Moon as seen from the Earth, just beyond the eastern limb. The vicinity of this crater is occasionally brought into view from Earth due to librations, although not much detail can be...

  • 4804 Pasteur
    4804 Pasteur
    4804 Pasteur is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 2, 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.- External links :*...

    , Main-belt Asteroid
  • Pasteur Crater
    Pasteur Crater
    Pasteur Crater is a crater in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars, located at 19.4° north latitude and 335.5° west longitude. It is in diameter and was named after Louis Pasteur, a French chemist....

    , crater in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars
  • Pasteur River
    Pasteur River
    The Pasteur River is a tributary of the Crişul Repede River in Romania-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...

    , Romanian river
  • SS Pasteur
    SS Bremen (1957)
    SS Pasteur was a turbine steam ship built for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique. She later sailed as the Bremen for Norddeutscher Lloyds...

    , a French ocean liner built in 1939
  • MV Pasteur, a coaster that sank in 1971

Other people

  • Pasteur Bizimungu
    Pasteur Bizimungu
    Pasteur Bizimungu was the fifth President of Rwanda from 19 July 1994 until 23 March 2000. He is considered belonging to the Hutu caste/ethnic group and was born in the Gisenyi prefecture of Rwanda. Bizimungu worked within the Hutu MRND regime which ruled Rwanda , including as director general of...

     (b. 1950), President of Rwanda
  • Olivier Pasteur
    Olivier Pasteur
    - Selected results :* 2001:** 5th, European Championship team race * 2002:** 1st, Corssa race ** 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen * 2005:** 1st, Signal d'Auris...

     (b. 1963), French ski mountaineer
  • Simon Pasteur
    Simon Pasteur
    Mbei Simon Pasteur is a Cameroonian professional football midfielder who currently plays for KBSC in the Ness Hungary NB II.-Club career:...

    (b. 1985), Cameroonian soccer player
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