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History of Bioprocessing - CMBE

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1847 Blondeau (Physics pr<strong>of</strong>essor) studiedfermentations <strong>of</strong> lactic acid, butyric acid,acetic acid and urea. Hypothesized thatdifferent fermentations carried out bydifferent fungi.1856Pasteur demonstrated that living yeast cellsferment sugar into ethanol and carbondioxide.Pasteur noted cylindrical organisms producebutyric acid only in absence <strong>of</strong> oxygen.1859Darwin publishes The Origin <strong>of</strong> Species.1877 Pasteur noted relationship betweenmicroorganisms and infectious disease.

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