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What is the role of anaerobic respiration in yeast during the production of ethanol for biofuels?

What are some other examples of anaerobes other than yeast?

What is anaerobic respiration also called?

What determines if a cell doing anaerobic respiration will produce lactic acid or ethanol?

What is the purpose of anaerobic respiration? How does anaerobic respiration fulfill its purpose?

What are the steps of anaerobic respiration? How does each step propel the next?

Why are the products of anaerobic respiration different in plants and animals?

What happens to glycolysis if oxygen is not present?

What chemical reaction occurs during anaerobic respiration in yeast?

What results if glucose is metabolized under completely anaerobic conditions?