Originally published in "Fermentation Organisms" by Albert Klöcker in 1903

Mention has been already made of the discovery of lactic acid bacteria by Pasteur, of their importance in distilleries, and of their recent introduction into the latter in the form of pure cultures.

The first to isolate a pure lactic acid bacterium for the above purpose was, as has been said, F. Lafar. The species isolated and applied by him was Bacillus acidificans longissimus, Lafar, the cells of which are 2.5 to 25 µ long and about 1 µ broad.

Originally published in "The Independent" on December 23, 1922

THE French Government has announced the appropriation of 2,000,000 francs with which to celebrate properly the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. The Government appropriation carries with it the statement that Pasteur stands as "The Symbol of French Science."

The anniversary date occurs on December 27, and if all who are beholden to Pasteur could be assembled in an evening of celebration, they would probably represent more diversified interests than, perhaps, would assemble to honor any other man of science.

The medical profession, for instance, is beholden to him for the first sterilized bandages, and the first sterilized instruments. Not only did he teach to medical men the theory of Sterilization, but he unfolded to them their first working knowledge of the great world of Microscopia that is invisible to the eye but works a mighty havoc in hospitals and among peoples where contagion may grow into epidemics.