Anaerobic Cellular Respiration

prokaryotic

bacteria and archaea, this organismus most calmly use anaerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

instead of using oxygen as the final electron acceptor, a different chemical must be utilized.

Fermention

When cells of aerobic organisms must go short periods without oxygen, many are able to utilize ...

cytoplasm

Fermention takes place in the...

Lactate fermentation

used by single-celled organisms such as those found in yogurt.

Lactate Fermention process

NADH produced in glycolysis transfers its hydrogen atoms to pyruvate in the cytoplasm of the cell, regenerating NAD+. This results in a change of pyruvate into lactic acid, the byproduct of fermentation.

bacteria

Ethanol fermentation is used by a number of different types of ...

Ethanol fermentation process

NADH molecules produced during glycolysis pass their hydrogen atoms to acetaldehyde, a compound formed when a carbon dioxide molecule is removed from pyruvate by the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase. The by-product of this form of fermentation is alcohol.

Net ATP in Fermentation

2