How did Louis Pasteur’s experiments lead to new scientific understandings of germs?

Pasteur heated food and liquids to show that heat could kill harmful microorganisms and help prevent spoilage and disease. This finding led to pasteurization, a process that heats foods such as milk to reduce germs. The correct choice is “Experiments with cooking food showed that disease-carrying germs in food could be killed when heated.”

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