discuss the contributions of pasteur, and koch to 'germ theory of disease' and to the prevention of diseases​

Pasteur showed that putrefaction is a process associated with organisms present in the air, while Koch identified the germs that cause different diseases

Explanation:

The germ theory states that pathogenic microorganisms called germs cause the disease state observed in a particular (infected) organism. The term 'germ' includes pathogenic bacteria, protists, fungi, and even non-living pathogens (e.g., viruses). This theory was developed and accepted due to the work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. In the 1860s, Pasteur showed that germs were omnipresent in a flask open to the air, showing that putrefaction and fermentation are caused by these microorganisms. Moreover, in the 1880s, Koch identified the germs that cause different diseases, including tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and cholera (Vibrio cholerae).