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What are the two main types of fermentation?
What are the two main types of fermentation?
Alcohol fermentation and Lactate fermentation
Which microorganisms carry out alcohol fermentation?
Which microorganisms carry out alcohol fermentation?
Yeasts and some bacteria
What is the Pasteur effect?
What is the Pasteur effect?
The phenomenon in which fermentation is inhibited by the presence of oxygen
Who first observed the Pasteur effect?
Who first observed the Pasteur effect?
What are the two main types of lactate fermentation?
What are the two main types of lactate fermentation?
What are the products of homofermentative pathways?
What are the products of homofermentative pathways?
What are the products of heterofermentative pathways?
What are the products of heterofermentative pathways?
What are the characteristics of linear fermentation pathways?
What are the characteristics of linear fermentation pathways?
What are the characteristics of branched fermentation pathways?
What are the characteristics of branched fermentation pathways?
Why do microorganisms switch to fermentation when oxygen is not present?
Why do microorganisms switch to fermentation when oxygen is not present?
What is anaerobic respiration?
What is anaerobic respiration?
Name three types of microorganisms that carry out anaerobic respiration.
Name three types of microorganisms that carry out anaerobic respiration.
What is the importance of anaerobic respiration in the environment?
What is the importance of anaerobic respiration in the environment?
What is dissimilatory nitrate reduction?
What is dissimilatory nitrate reduction?
What is nitrate and where is it found?
What is nitrate and where is it found?
Name the three main types of dissimilatory nitrate reduction.
Name the three main types of dissimilatory nitrate reduction.
What is the end product of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the process of nitrate/nitrite respiration?
What is the end product of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the process of nitrate/nitrite respiration?
What is the end product of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the process of nitrate/ammonia respiration?
What is the end product of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the process of nitrate/ammonia respiration?
What is the end product of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the process of fermentative nitrate reduction?
What is the end product of dissimilatory nitrate reduction in the process of fermentative nitrate reduction?
What is fermentation?
What is fermentation?
