sentence: Pasteurization is used to kill microscopic organisms in liquids like milk, wine, and beer.
sentences_before: Louis Pasteur showed that the germ theory of disease was true. In 1862, he invented a process that heats up a liquid to a high temperature to keep it from spoiling. This process is known as pasturization, named after Pasteur.
sentences_after: Liquids that are pasteurized will last much longer before they spoil.
concept_name: pasteurization
headings: Germ theory of disease
categories: Microbiology Medicine