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(220 B.C.) The Chinese started using fermented tea to treat a variety of illnesses
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Schwann concluded that fermentation is the result of living things
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Louis Pateur determined fermentation was caused by yeast
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German chemist Eduard Buchner received the Nobel Peace Prize for showing that enzymes in yeast cells caused fermentation, not the yeast itself
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Two scientists Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Cheplin won Nobel Peace Prize for determining exactly how enzymes cause fermentation
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Fermentation was beginning to be used in antibiotics
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(About 90 B.C.) Chinese used soybean curb to treat skin infections
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(8000 B.C.) Fermentation is used to make alcoholic beverages
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Today, fermentation is used in antibiotics, alcoholic beverages, to make bread rise, and preserve many types of food.