Facts: - death place: paris , france - caption: antoine bechamp - death date: 15 april 1908 - field: biology - birth date: 16 october 1816 - name: antoine bechamp - image size: 250px - nationality: french - image: antoine bechamp.jpg - birth place: bassing , moselle , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of antoine bechamp .
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pierre jacques antoine bechamp -lrb- october 16 , 1816 -- april 15 , 1908 -rrb- was a french chemist and biologist now best known as a rival of louis pasteur .bechamp did pioneering work in industrial chemistry , developing an efficient process to produce aniline dye which was central to the development of the synthetic dye industry .he also developed p-aminophenylarsonate , an organic arsenic compound used to treat parasitic diseases .bechamp 's later life was consumed by a bitter and protracted dispute with louis pasteur .initially , their rivalry centered on credit for discovery of fermentation and later grew to encompass competing ideas on microbiology , pathogenesis , and germ theory .bechamp believed that living entities called '' microzymes '' created bacteria in response to host and environmental factors ; he did not believe that bacteria could invade a healthy host and create disease on their own .pasteur 's competing vision became widely accepted by scientists , and bechamp sank into obscurity , although his beliefs have been continuously promoted by a small group of dedicated advocates .