respiration vs fermentation Archives - Online Biology Notes A Complete notes for Students Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:23:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Difference between Respiration and Fermentation https://www.onlinebiologynotes.com/difference-respiration-fermentation/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:07:59 +0000 http://www.onlinebiologynotes.com/?p=592 Difference between Respiration and Fermentation Characteristics Respiration Fermentation Condition   In presence of Oxygen: aerobic respiration In absence of Oxygen: anaerobic respiration (in presence of [...]

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Characteristics

Respiration

Fermentation

Condition

  

In presence of Oxygen: aerobic respiration

In absence of Oxygen: anaerobic respiration (in presence of nitrate, sulphate, carbonate)

 In absence of Oxygen

( it is an example of anaerobic respiration)

Site

 Mitochondria Cytoplasm

Glycolysis

 Present present

TCA cycle or Krebs cycle

 Present Absent

Electron transport chain

 Present Absent

Electron donor

  

Organic or Inorganic compound

 Organic compound

Final electron acceptor

  Inorganic compound (eg. Oxygen) Organic compound (eg. Pyruvate)

End product

 Inorganic compound ( CO2 and H2O) Organic compound (Lactic acid, ethanol etc)

Oxidation of substrate

 Complete oxidation Incomplete or partial oxidation

Amount of Energy release

 Large amount Small amount

Number of ATP released from 1 glucose molecule

       38 ATP        2 ATP

Net oxidative state of Co-enzyme

  

Changed

  

Not changed

Bacteria

 

Aerobes: Bacillus, Mycobacterium

  

Fermentative bacteria: lactobacillus, Streptococus

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