Energy - Fermentation Vocab

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Anaerobic respiration

Creates ATP without using oxygen

Aerobic respiration

Creates ATP using oxygen

Lactic acid fermentation

A type of fermentation that occurs when the human body can't supply enough oxygen and pyruvate is converted to lactic acid

Alcohol fermentation

A type of fermentation where pyruvate is converted to carbon dioxide and ethanol

NAD+

The molecule that accepts electrons to become NADH

Strict anaerobes

Organisms that can only perform anaerobic respiration and are poisoned by oxygen

Facultative anaerobes

Organisms that will perform cellular respiration if oxygen is available but can perform fermentation if it isn't