4.6 Fermentation
KEY CONCEPT
Fermentation allows the production of a small
amount of ATP without oxygen.
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Fermentation is an anaerobic process. – occurs when oxygen is not available for cellular respiration. – does not produce ATP.
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KEY CONCEPT
Fermentation allows the production of a small amount of ATP without oxygen.
Fermentation allows glycolysis to continue.
- Fermentation is an anaerobic process.
- occurs when oxygen is not available for cellular respiration
- does not produce ATP
- Fermentation allows glycolysis to continue making ATP when oxygen is unavailable.
Fermentation and its products are important in several ways.
- Alcoholic fermentation is similar to lactic acid fermentation. - glycolysis splits glucose and the products enter fermentation - energy from NADH is used to split pyruvate into an alcohol and carbon dioxide - NADH is changed back into NAD+ - NAD+^ is recycled to glycolysis
- Fermentation is used in food production.
- yogurt
- cheese
- bread