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Fermentation refers to the foaming that occurs during the production of wine and beer, a process that has been occurring for at least 10,000 years. The development of carbon dioxide gas, which was not known until the seventeenth century causes foaming in fermentation.

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Sudalyandi, K., Jeyakumar, R. (2022). Fermentation. In: Biofuel Production Using Anaerobic Digestion. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3743-9_6

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