Pasteur’s Experiments

Scientists also observed the fact that the organic infusions kept in open vessel not only generate microorganisms but also undergo certain changes. In mid 19th century the scientists started to think that microorganisms bring about these changes or at least there is a relationship between them. Louis Pasteur, the Father of Microbiology, is the pioneer of this thought process. First he had not given much to the controversy between presence of microbes and spontaneous generation theory. But at last he turned his attention towards this grave problem. He published his work in 1861 as “Memoir on the Organized Bodies which Exist in the Atmosphere”. His work had revolutionized the world of microbiology.

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