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Lactic acid fermentation occurs in muscle cells when there is not enough oxygen for the cells to undergo aerobic respiration.

The buildup of lactic acid is what causes muscle pain when you exercise strenuously.

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Where are the corresponding reactions likely to occur in prokaryotic respiration?

The majority of prokaryotic respiration reactions take place in the cell's cytoplasm, particularly glycolysis and fermentation processes. The electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation reactions typically occur in the plasma membrane of prokaryotic cells.


Where does alcohol fermentation take place in the process of making alcoholic beverages?

Alcohol fermentation takes place in the fermentation tanks during the process of making alcoholic beverages.


What are disadvantages of fermentation when compared to the processes aerobic and anaerobic respiration?

The equation for anaerobic respiration is: glucose ---> lactic acid + carbon dioxide + energy To know the disadvantages of anaerobic respiration it is best to compare it to aerobic respiration which involves oxygen (glucose + oxygen ---> carbon dioxide + water + energy) For humans to respire regularly and for long periods of time, oxygen is required. This means that anaerobic respiration through humans causes a lack of oxygen, and cannot be carried out for a very long time. Lactic acid is also produce and this is toxic and causes things such as cramp to build up. Anaerobic respiration also produces very little energy compared to aerobic respiration so is not suitable for every day respiration! Humans will mostly breathe anaerobically in situations such as sprinting in a race.


Anaerobic catabolism of organic nutrients is called?

Anaerobiosis is another term for anaerobic respiration. Fermentation is also sometimes used interchangeably with anaerobic respiration.I agree with the above; however, we recently discussed this and as far as fermentation is concerned, there are many types; the two most common are: lactic acid fermentation and alcohol fermentation. = =


What organelle does fermentation take place in?

fermentation occurs in the mitochondria actually.

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Where does lactic acid fermentation take place in animal cells?

The Cytoplasm


Where and why does lactic acid fermentation take place?

Lactic acid fermentation takes place in the mitochondria of muscle cells.


List the two type of fermentation and tell where each take place?

The two types of fermentation are alcoholic fermentation, and lactic-acid fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation, occurs in yeast and other single celled organisms. Lactic-acid fermentation occurs in muscle cells. Your muscles use it to create energy when there is not enough oxygen to use for normal respiration.


Where does lactic acis fermentation take place entirely?

In the cytoplasm


What does muscle cells produce under anaerobic conditions?

It's causes lactic acid fermentation to take place, which causes a build up of lactic acid. Only 2 ATP are made in oppose to the 34-38 made by aerobic respiration through cellular respiration


Where are the corresponding reactions likely to occur in prokaryotic respiration?

The majority of prokaryotic respiration reactions take place in the cell's cytoplasm, particularly glycolysis and fermentation processes. The electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation reactions typically occur in the plasma membrane of prokaryotic cells.


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There are two types of fermentation usually studied in Biology: Alcoholic Fermentation and Lactic Acid Fermentation. Both types have the same reactants: Pyruvic acid and NADH, both of which are products of glycolysis.


What is the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates that produces lactic acid?

Lactic acid is the painful product of a good workout. It is what builds up in your muscles and makes them burn. The acid is called an intermediate breakdown because it is only part of the process that glucose goes through in the human body.


What is the reaction of lactic acid and water?

The overall reaction for lactic acid fermentation is an anaerobic reaction. This means that oxygen is not required for the reaction to take place.


Where or when in your body might a process like fermentation take place?

Fermentation typically takes place in the cells of the muscles during strenuous exercise when there is not enough oxygen available for aerobic respiration. It can also occur in the digestive system during the breakdown of carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen.


In lactic acid fermentation is broken down into .?

Lactic acid is formed from pyruvic acid (often referred to as the ion, pyruvate, as the acid ion predominates at physiological pH values).The reaction is catalyzed by an enzyme called lactate dehydrogenase. It involves the addition of two hydrogen atoms to convert pyruvate into lactate.These H atoms are provided by the coenzyme NADH.The pyruvate is the product of a series of anaerobic cell respiration reactions called glycolysis, which take place in the cytoplasm. Glycolysis converts a molecule of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate, with a net gain of two ATP molecules. In the course of glycolysis NAD+ is reduced to NADH. The conversion of pyruvate into lactate oxidizes the NADH, recycling it and so enabling glycolysis to continue.


What does fermentation in the muscles produce?

Lactic acid fermentation takes place in human muscle cells when strenuous exercise causes temporary oxygen shortages.