1856 ⟶ Louis Pasteur states that microorganisms produce fermentation

Louis Pasteur stated that microorganisms produce fermentatio...
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🌱 Anselme Payen Isolates Diastase, the First Enzyme

Anselme Payen isolates first enzyme, diastase.⟶
Anselme Payen Isolates Diastase, the First Enzyme (1833)
EnzymologyBiochemistryEnzymeDiastasePayen19th CenturyBiology
FranceFrance

🧪 Louis Pasteur clarifies optical rotation and advances stereochemistry

Louis Pasteur discovers that the racemic form of tartaric acid is a mixture of the levorotatory and dextrotatory forms, thus clarifying the nature of optical rotation and advancing the field of stereochemistry.⟶
Louis Pasteur clarifies optical rotation and advances stereochemistry (1849)
StereochemistryOptical IsomerismTartaric AcidLouis PasteurChemistryMolecular Structure19th Century
FranceFrance

🦠 Louis Pasteur states that microorganisms produce fermentation

Louis Pasteur stated that microorganisms produce fermentation.⟶
Louis Pasteur states that microorganisms produce fermentation (1856)
FermentationMicroorganismsLouis PasteurGerm TheoryBiology19th CenturyBiochemistry
FranceFrance

🦠 Pasteur Proposes Germ Theory

Louis Pasteur: Germ theory.⟶
Pasteur Proposes Germ Theory (1861)
Germ TheoryBiologyMedicineLouis PasteurInfectious Disease19th Century ScienceMicrobiologyPathologyPublic Health
FranceFrance

🧫 Pasteur Disproves Spontaneous Generation

Louis Pasteur disproved the spontaneous generation of cellular life.⟶
Pasteur Disproves Spontaneous Generation (1864)
Spontaneous GenerationBiologyLouis PasteurMicrobiology19th Century ScienceGerm TheoryBiogenesisCell Theory
FranceFrance

🔬 Miescher Discovers Nucleic Acids

Friedrich Miescher discovered nucleic acids in the nuclei of cells.⟶
Miescher Discovers Nucleic Acids (1869)
BiologyBiochemistryMiescherNucleic AcidsDNA19th CenturyMolecular BiologyCell Biology
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