History of Fermentation By clairet Oct 15, 1840 Schwann concludes fermentation is result of living things " " Oct 15, 1845 Louis Pasteur determines fermentation cuased by yeast " " Oct 15, 1907 Eduard Buchner gets Nobel prize for showing enzymes in yeast cells, not the cells, cause fermentation Oct 15, 1929 Arthur Harden & Hans Euler-Chelpin win Nobel prize for determining exactly how fermentation occurs in enzymes Oct 15, 1940 Fermentation is used to make antibiotics