anaerobic respiration

• Where does anaerobic respiration occur?

  • Only in the cytoplasm
• What happens in anaerobic respiration?

  • Pyruvate from glycolysis is reduced into lactate
  • This oxidises NADH into NAD to be reused in glycolysis
• What happens in anaerobic respiration of microbes?

  • pyruvate from glycolysis is reduced into ethanol and carbon dioxide
  • This oxidises NADH into NAD to be reused in glycolysis
• Why does anaerobic respiration work?

  • Because NADH is oxidised back into NAD to help with the formation of ATP from TP into pyruvate
• why is anaerobic respiration harmful?

  • lactate is acidic and ethanol is toxic
  • Net gain of only 2 ATP