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220
Chinese 220 B.C.
Chinese started using fermented tea to cure illness. -
Theodore Schwann
He concluded fermination is the result of living things. -
Louis Pasteur
This French chemist determined that fermenation is caused by yeast. -
Eduard Buchner
Recieved Nobel Prize for showing enzymes in yeast cells. -
Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin
Revieved Nobel prize for work on enzymes. -
New technology
Technology was developed to use fermentation to produce antibiotics.