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What kind of respiration do yeasts use to produce energy?
Yeasts convert sugars into alcohol and CO2.
Cellular respiration occurs in what cells?
Cellular respiration occurs in all cells of the body that require energy to function, including plant and animal cells. It is the process by which cells break down glucose to produce ATP, the energy currency of the cell.
Scientists have found that humans and yeasts have what in common?
Humans and yeasts share similarities in their genetic makeup, as both species have a set of genes essential for basic cellular functions. Additionally, both humans and yeasts can carry out processes such as respiration and fermentation to generate energy. Yeasts can serve as model organisms for studying certain aspects of human biology and disease due to these shared characteristics.
What is the difference between cellular respiration and fermantation?
Cellular respiration is an aerobic process that occurs in the presence of oxygen and results in the production of ATP. Fermentation is an anaerobic process that occurs in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of ATP and byproducts like lactic acid or alcohol. Cellular respiration produces more ATP per glucose molecule compared to fermentation.
Could cellular respiration work without photosynthesis?
Yes, and it does all the time, but some other energy source is required. For one thing, all animal cells undergo cellular respiration without photosynthesis, as do all anaerobic bacteria (yeasts, etc.), and many plants and animals that grow on thermal vents on the bottom of the ocean. Instead of getting energy from light, they use chemical energy (animals and yeasts) or geothermal (heat) energy, such as in the case of aquatic organisms on heat vents.
How do you detect the number of fungi in an experiment by the USP method?
I believe you simply follow the method for total yeasts and molds- yeasts and molds are considered foodborne fungi.
What is anaerobic and anaerobic respiration?
Aerobic cellular respiration occurs in the presence of oxygen and anaerobic cellular respiration occurs in the absence of oxygen. Without the presence of oxygen, cellular respiration cannot go past Glycolysis (the first step of cellular respiration) and will be forced to find an alternative route which is, fermentation. Hope this helped.
What is anaerobic respiration and give two examples of anaerobic respiration?
Anaerobic respiration is a type of cellular respiration that occurs in the absence of oxygen, yielding energy by breaking down glucose. Examples of anaerobic respiration include fermentation in yeast cells, where glucose is converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide, and lactic acid fermentation in muscle cells, where glucose is converted into lactic acid.
Are yeasts single or multi cellular?
Yeasts are typically single-celled organisms. They are a type of fungus that reproduces asexually through budding, forming new individual cells.
What are the organisms that are unicellular?
bacteriarickettsiaunicellular fungi (e.g. yeasts)viruses but they have no cellular structureviroidsprions (misfolded proteins)
Fungi multi cellular or uni cellular?
Fungi can be either multicellular or unicellular. Most fungi are multicellular, such as mushrooms and molds. However, some fungi, like yeasts, are unicellular.
How Yeasts use maltose?
Yeasts use maltose as a source of carbon and energy for growth and metabolism. Maltose is broken down into glucose molecules by specific enzymes in the yeast cell, which are then used in glycolysis to produce ATP for cellular processes. This process allows yeasts to ferment maltose into ethanol and carbon dioxide.
