History of Fermentation By stefi 220 Chinese started using fermented tea to treat sickness 400 Chinese fermented soybean curd to treat skin infections Jan 1, 1840 Schwann concluded that fermentation is the result of the cell theory Jan 1, 1854 Louis Pasteur deteremined that fermentation is caused by yeast. Jan 1, 1907 Eduard Buchner received the Nobel pize for showing that enzymes in yeast cells, not the yeast cells themselves, cause fermentation Jan 1, 1927 Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin determined exactly how enzymes cause fermentation Jan 1, 1940 Technology was developed to use fermentation to produce antibiotics Jan 1, 2000 Fermentation is used to make bread and alcoholic beverages