History of
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Before the Common Era[edit] * 7000 BCE – Chinese discover fermentation through beer making. * 6000 BCE – Yogurt and cheese made with lactic acid-producing bacteria by various cultures. * 4000 BCE – Egyptians bake leavened bread using yeast. [1] * 500 BCE – Moldy soybean curds used as an antibiotic. * 250 BCE – The Greeks practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility. [2] * 100 BCE – Chinese use chrysanthemum as a natural insecticide. [1] [3]
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Pre-20th Century[edit] * 1663 – First recorded description of living cells recorded by Robert Hooke * 1675 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers and describes bacteria and protozoa. * 1798 – Edward Jenner uses first viral vaccine to inoculate a child from smallpox. * 1802 – The first recorded use of the word biology. * 1824 – Henri Dutrochet discovers that tissues are composed of living cells. * 1838 – Protein discovered, named and recorded by Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jöns Jacob Berzelius. * 1862 – Louis Pasteur discovers the bacterial origin of fermentation. * 1863 – Gregor Mendel discovers the laws of inheritance. * 1864 – Antonin Prandtl invest first centrifuge to separate cream from milk. * 1869 – Friedrich Miescher identifies DNA in the sperm of a trout * 1871 – Ernst Hoppe-Seyler discovers invertase, which is still used for making artificial sweeteners. * 1877 – Robert Koch develops a technique for staining bacteria for identification. * 1878 – Walther Flemming discovered chromatin leading to the discovery of chromosomes. * 1881 – Louis Pasteur develops vaccines against bacteria that cause cholera and anthrax in chickens. * 1885 – Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux developed the first rabies vaccine and use it on Joseph Meister.
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20th Century[edit] * 1919 – Karl Ereky, a
Before the Common Era[edit] * 7000 BCE – Chinese discover fermentation through beer making. * 6000 BCE – Yogurt and cheese made with lactic acid-producing bacteria by various cultures. * 4000 BCE – Egyptians bake leavened bread using yeast. [1] * 500 BCE – Moldy soybean curds used as an antibiotic. * 250 BCE – The Greeks practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility. [2] * 100 BCE – Chinese use chrysanthemum as a natural insecticide. [1] [3]
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Pre-20th Century[edit] * 1663 – First recorded description of living cells recorded by Robert Hooke * 1675 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers and describes bacteria and protozoa. * 1798 – Edward Jenner uses first viral vaccine to inoculate a child from smallpox. * 1802 – The first recorded use of the word biology. * 1824 – Henri Dutrochet discovers that tissues are composed of living cells. * 1838 – Protein discovered, named and recorded by Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jöns Jacob Berzelius. * 1862 – Louis Pasteur discovers the bacterial origin of fermentation. * 1863 – Gregor Mendel discovers the laws of inheritance. * 1864 – Antonin Prandtl invest first centrifuge to separate cream from milk. * 1869 – Friedrich Miescher identifies DNA in the sperm of a trout * 1871 – Ernst Hoppe-Seyler discovers invertase, which is still used for making artificial sweeteners. * 1877 – Robert Koch develops a technique for staining bacteria for identification. * 1878 – Walther Flemming discovered chromatin leading to the discovery of chromosomes. * 1881 – Louis Pasteur develops vaccines against bacteria that cause cholera and anthrax in chickens. * 1885 – Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux developed the first rabies vaccine and use it on Joseph Meister.
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20th Century[edit] * 1919 – Karl Ereky, a