Question

How much percentage of energy is released in fermentation?

Answer 1

Fermentation:

1. Fermentation is an anaerobic process that uses glucose to generate energy in the absence of oxygen.
2. In the absence of oxygen, carbohydrates are broken down by the enzymes of microorganisms during fermentation.
3. Because they possess distinctive sets of metabolic genes, microorganisms like bacteria and fungus are able to develop enzymes that can break down various kinds of sugar compounds.
4. Only around 7% of the energy in glucose is liberated during fermentation, and not all of it is stored as ATP.
5. Glucose can be metabolized by cellular respiration in yeast cells (the yeast used to make bread and alcoholic beverages), just like it can in other cells.