what is fermentation?
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Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes. ... The science of fermentation is known as zymology. In microorganisms, fermentation is the primary means of producing adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by the degradation of organic nutrients anaerobically.
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- Fermentation is a chemical process that breaks down molecules like glucose in an anaerobic environment.
- Fermentation, in a larger sense, refers to the foaming that occurs throughout the 10,000-year-old process of making wine and beer.
- Foaming is generated by the formation of carbon dioxide gas, which was not recognized until the 17th century.
- Louis Pasteur, a French scientist and microbiologist, coined the word "fermentation" to describe the changes made by yeasts and other microbes living without oxygen in the nineteenth century (anaerobically).
- He also realized that fermentation produces more than just ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide.
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