History of Fermentation

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    Treating a Variety of Illnesses

    The Chinese used fermented tea to cure illnesses.

  • Theodor Schwann

    Concluded fermentation is the result of living things.

  • Louis Pasteur

    Determined fermentation is caused by yeast.

  • Eduard Buchner

    Received a Nobel prize for showing the enzymes in yeast cells cause fermentation.

  • Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin

    In 1929 they both won the Nobel prize for their work

  • Technology was Developed

    Technology was developed to use fermentation to make antibiotics.

  • Uses of Fermentation

    The use of fermentation to make bread rise, and to produce alcoholic beverages is as old as agricultures developement.