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Q: Why would an organism use fermentation instead of respiration?
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What is fermentation the opposite of?

There is no opposite or reverse reaction, but fermentation is an anaerobic process, one not requiring oxygen. The aerobic equivalent would be respiration (oxidation).


Is alcoholic fermentation aerobic?

Yes. In more complex organism, in which aerobic respiration is the main process to make ATP, when your body does have enough oxygen it goes though anaerobic respiration. In simpler organisms, which don't require much ATP, anaerobic would be the main process.


Fermentation would occur?

When there is not enough oxygen for oxidative respiration.


Would yeast cells grow more rapidly in fermentation or cell respiration?

cell respiration


Does fermentation or cellular respiration would yeast cells grow more rapidly with?

cellular respiration


Why would glycolysis stop if neither fermentation or respiration functioned in the cell?

By there being no Oxygen during cellular respiration, then another process called Fermentation would occur which carries on with cellular respiration without oxygen molecules being present during the cycle, but the results of cellular respiration would still be the same.


Lactic acid fermentation occurs in muscle cells when is in low supply?

Lactic acid fermentation occurs due to the lack of oxygen in the the muscle cells Aerobic respiration requires oxygen as an electron receiver to complete the electron transport system, so without it, the cells will be unable to undergo normal respiration and will resort to lactic acid fermentation


Why would your body go through lactic acid fermentation instead of cellular respiration?

Lactic acid will be the temporary end point of cellular respiration while oxygen supplies are limited, as while enduring exertion. This temporary presense of an excess amount of acid in the muscle tissue is what causes the feeling 'muscle burn'.


What raw material is not needed for fermentation to happen?

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Differentiate aerobic and anaerobic respiration?

Hi, For this answer, i am assuming you have some high school biology knowledge (general understanding of glycolysis, kreb cycle, pyruvate oxidation etc..) Anaerobic respriation and fermentation differ in the chemical pathways. Fermentation occurs when the pyruvate (or some derivative of it) that is produced after glycolysis is reduced by NADH to usually form an organic compound (lactic acid in lactic acid fermentation and ethanol in alcoholic fermentation). It is important to note that fermentation does not have to occur in anaerobic evironments, for example yeast prefers fermentation even in the presence of oxygen (as long as sugars are available). Therefore, the defining characteristic of fermentation is that the electrons from the coenzymes (NADH from the glycolosis) are transfered back to part of the original substrate (pyruvate). Note that the electrons are donated to something which came from within the cell (pyruvate). On the other hand, anaerobic respiration is actually very similar to aerobic respiration. In anaerobic respiration, you would go through glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, kreb cycle and then electron transfer chain just as you would in aerobic respiration with the difference that that the terminal electron acceptor is NOT oxgyen (nitrate, nitrite etc..). The defining characteristic here is that the terminal electron acceptor is anything by oxygen but otherwise, it is very similar to aerobic respiration. Note that the electrons are donated to something which came from outside the cell (nitrate, nitrite etc..). Therefore, fermentation goes something like glycolysis -> donating electron back to pyruvate or a derivative of pyruvate (electron acceptor from internal source); while anaerobic respiration goes something like glycolysis -> pyruvate oxidation -> kreb cycle -> electron transfer chain with terminal electron acceptor being anything but oxygen (electron acceptor from external source). Hope this made sense


If an eukaryotic cell is doing anaerobic respiration how many food molecules would it need to process the same amount of energy as it would using aerobic cellular respiration?

If the cell is performing anaerobic respiration, this is called fermentation. Fermentation produces a net gain of two ATP molecules and uses two molecules of glucose (food). Aerobic respiration known as cellular respiration produces a net gain of 38 ATP molecules.


In what kind of environment would you expect to find organisms that carry out fermentation?

in an environment where there is little or no oxygen. aerobic respiration requires oxygen ad when it is not present fermentaion (anaerobic respiration) occurs because it works when oxygen isn't there