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What is the fate of pyruvate in mitochondrial respiration?
Pyruvate is formed from glucose during glycolysis. Should the conditions be aerobic, pyruvate will be converted into Acetyl Coenzyme A (CoA) with the help of an enzyme called "pyruvate dehydrogenase." Bi-products of this reaction include CO2 and NADH This occurs in the matrix of the mitochondria. Acetyl CoA will then continue into the Krebs cycle/citric acid cycle. After this, the products of the cycle (NADH and FADH2) will be involved in oxidative phosphorylation and the electron transport chain where large amounts of ATP will be produced. This occurs in the inner layer of the mitochondria. Should there be anaerobic conditions, then animals can convert pyruvate into lactate. Or, in plants; pyruvate is converted into ethanal and then into ethanol in a process called fermentation.
Why does lactic acid fermentation occurs only in animals not in plants?
Your assumption is wrong. In anaerobic conditions (like in muscle tissue) lactic acid (and ethanol) fermentation occurs in plants too. It's bad for plants and if it continues for too long they die.
Is kingdom plantae aerobic or anaerobic?
Aerobic and anaerobic typically refer to microorganisms. Obligate anaerobes die in the presence of oxygen, and obligate aerobes die without it. Most plants occur in an oxygen-rich, terrestrial environment, and would thus be considered aerobic. Even totally aquatic plants, as those found in oceans, are exposed to some quantities of oxygen, thus it seems logical to surmise that if the terms aerobic and anaerobic are to be applied to macroscopic life such as plants, plants would be considered aerobic.
Which gammaproteobacteria are facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods that inhabit the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals?
Enterobacteriales.
With out oxygen there is only aerobic respiration?
No. Aerobic respiration is WITH oxygen. ANaerobic is without. Generally anaerobic process is fermentation, but that doesn't produce nearly as much ATP, and is therefore unfavorable for anything big, like people or animals.
What is the fate of pyruvate in mitochondrial respiration?
Pyruvate is formed from glucose during glycolysis. Should the conditions be aerobic, pyruvate will be converted into Acetyl Coenzyme A (CoA) with the help of an enzyme called "pyruvate dehydrogenase." Bi-products of this reaction include CO2 and NADH This occurs in the matrix of the mitochondria. Acetyl CoA will then continue into the Krebs cycle/citric acid cycle. After this, the products of the cycle (NADH and FADH2) will be involved in oxidative phosphorylation and the electron transport chain where large amounts of ATP will be produced. This occurs in the inner layer of the mitochondria. Should there be anaerobic conditions, then animals can convert pyruvate into lactate. Or, in plants; pyruvate is converted into ethanal and then into ethanol in a process called fermentation.
What do anaerobic animals not need to survive?
Anaerobic animals (and other substances) survive without oxygen.
Byproduct of anaerobic reaction?
The products of aerobic respiration are water and carbon dioxide. The products of anaerobic respiration are carbon dioxide and either lactic acid or alcohol. The waste product of anaerobic respiration is lactic acid (in animals). In plants, ethanol is the waste product.
What are the 2 ways that respiration can occur in animals?
Aerobic and anaerobic
What is the different anaerobic and aerobic respiration?
Aerobic respiration requires oxygen, whereas anaerobic respiration occurs in the absence of oxygen. Aerobic respiration is completed in three steps viz, Glycolysis, Kreb's Cycle and Electron transport chain; whereas anaerobic respiration is completed in Glycolysis. Aerobic respiration involves carbon dioxide as the major excretory by-product, whereas in anaerobic respiration, along with carbon dioxide, ethyl alcohol (in case of plants) and lactic acid (in case of animals) is liberated.
How many ATP are produced by pyruvate?
When pyruvate is formed, approximately twelve molecules of ATP, also known as adenosine triphosphate, are produced. This is only true if pyruvate is the starting point.
How does anaerobic respiration make a person feel?
Dead... A person cannot perform respiration without oxygen. Anaerobic means without oxygen or air. A person that is anaerobic for too long will begin to pass out and later die from lack of oxygen. Certain animals, bacteria, and viruses are anaerobic, but humans are not.
Which animal can respire in absence of oxygen?
There are quite a few animals that can respire in the absence of oxygen. One of these animals is the hippo.
Is a product of anaerobic respiration?
The products of aerobic respiration are water and carbon dioxide. The products of anaerobic respiration are carbon dioxide and either lactic acid or alcohol. The waste product of anaerobic respiration is lactic acid (in animals). In plants, ethanol is the waste product.
Which type of respiration uses oxygen?
Aerobic respiration uses oxygen it is main source of energy in nearly all multicellular organisms and many unicellular animals.
Why does lactic acid fermentation occurs only in animals not in plants?
Your assumption is wrong. In anaerobic conditions (like in muscle tissue) lactic acid (and ethanol) fermentation occurs in plants too. It's bad for plants and if it continues for too long they die.
How crucial is the role of plants to the world?
No plants, no animals above a few anaerobic microbes. Plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen, which animals need.
