Fermentation Flashcards
Older term for glycolysis
Fermentation
Types of fermentation
Lactic acidosis and alcohol
What is lactic acid fermentation used for
To make goods such as sour cream, sauerkraut, and yogurt
In animals makes muscle fatigue
What is alcohol fermentation used by
By facultative anaerobes in a low oxygen environment
Simple organisms that lack the ability to consume oxygen
What does yeast produce due to alcohol fermentation
Alcohol and carbon dioxide in brewing wine, beer and spirits and it also makes rice and bread.
What uses lactic acid fermentation
Organisms that have the ability to consume oxygen but oxygen is not available aka anaerobic respiration
Enzyme that produced lactic acid
Lactate dehydrogenase
What happens when oxygen becomes available?
The lactate will be converted back into pyruvate and processed into mitochondria to produce more atp