Lab Report: Fermentation
2 pages
published 10/02/2007
 
 
section Table of Contents
 
 
  1. Introduction
    1. The experiment
    2. The procedure
  2. Results
  3. Discussion
  4. Conclusion
  5. References
 
 
section Summary
 
 
Fermentation is the anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast. It uses the NADH produced by glycolysis and "regenerates" more NAD+ which is then again used by glycolysis. The process of Alcohol fermentation is the one we will be focusing on. In this process the 3-carbon pyurvic acid is converted into carbon dioxide and ethanol. So it turns out that for every molecule of ethanol that is produced a molecule of CO2 is produced as well. This makes CO2 a very useful measuring tool for the success or failure of a fermentation experiment.
 
 
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