If you're familiar with the name “Pasteur,” it might very well be because an early science fair project or a chapter in middle school biology introduced you to the field of bacteriology. Question number 5 on the final might have been, “Name the husband-and-wife team whose transformational work ushered in a new era of understanding of bacteria and the diseases they cause.” And you'd have answered – because of course, you studied – “Louis and Marie Pasteur.”
