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what is fermentation process and which gas is evolved during fermentation

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Fermentation is a metabolic process that consumes sugar in the absence of oxygen. The products are organic acids, gases, or alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria, and also in oxygen-starved muscle cells, as in the case of lactic acid fermentation. The science of fermentation is known as zymology.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas released during fermentation process.

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