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Theodor Schwwann
Theodor Schwwann concluded that fermentation is the result of living things -
Louis Pasteur
The Fench chemist Louis Pasteur determined that fermentation is caused by yeast. -
Eduard Buchner
Eduard Buchner recieved the Noble prize for showing that enzymes in yeast, not the yeast cells themselves, cause fermentation -
Arthur Harden, Hans Euler-Chelpin
Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin discovered how exactly how enzymes cause fermentation. They won the Noble prize for their work. -
Technology
Technology was developed to use fermentation to produce antibioticts.