History of Fermentation

By stephenmarcin

  • Earlier Uses of Fermentation

    Earlier Uses of Fermentation
    220BC - Chinese used fermented tea to treat different illnesses
    3,000 years ago - the Chinese used soybean curd that had been fermented to treat infections.
    8,000BC - fermentation has been used to make alcohol and to make bread rise

  • Theodor Schwann Develops Cell Theory

    Theodor Schwann Develops Cell Theory
    German scientist Theodor Schwann who developed the cell theory found that fermentation is the result of living things which influenced Louis Pasteur's work.

  • Louis Pasteur Makes His Discovery

    Louis Pasteur Makes His Discovery
    Louis Pasteur determined that fermentation is caused by yeast.

  • Eduard Buchner Receives Nobel Prize

    Eduard Buchner Receives Nobel Prize
    German chemist, Eduard Buchner shows that the enzymes in yeast cells are what cause fermentation, not the yeast itself. He received the Nobel prize for this.

  • Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin win Nobel Prize

    Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin win Nobel Prize
    Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin found exactly how fermentation is caused by enzymes and won the Nobel prize for this.

  • Antibiotics Produces from Fermentation

    Antibiotics Produces from Fermentation
    Technology makes it possible to produce antibiotics using fermentation.