The inhibitory effect of the presence of O2 on anaerobic respiration is termed as
A
Warburg effect
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B
Pasteur effect
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C
Emerson's effect
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D
Oxygen effect
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Solution
The correct option is B Pasteur effect Louis Pasteur was the first to describe the large (greater than tenfold) increase in glucose consumption by yeast culture, when it was shifted from aerobic to anaerobic conditions. This phenomenon, called the Pasteur effect, occurs without a significant change in the concentration of ATP or any of the hundreds of metabolic intermediates and products derived from glucose.