Plants & Fungi

Cards (5)

  • Plants and fungi produce ethanol and carbon dioxide
  • Under certain conditions plants may also have to resort to anaerobic respiration, e.g. in waterlogged soil ( where there is little or no oxygen ) plant root cells respire anaerobically.
  • Some fungi ( such as yeast ) can respire anaerobically too
  • Anaerobic respiration in yeast is known as fermentation
  • Anaerobic respiration in plants and fungi produces ethanol and carbon dioxide instead of lactic acid.
    Glucose --> ethanol + carbon dioxide