Energy - Fermentation Vocab

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Anaerobic respiration
Creates ATP without using oxygen
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Aerobic respiration
Creates ATP using oxygen
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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
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Alcohol fermentation
A type of fermentation where pyruvate is converted to carbon dioxide and ethanol
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NAD+
The molecule that accepts electrons to become NADH
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Strict anaerobes
Organisms that can only perform anaerobic respiration and are poisoned by oxygen
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Facultative anaerobes
Organisms that will perform cellular respiration if oxygen is available but can perform fermentation if it isn't