Fermentation Has a Relatively Low ATP Yield Compared to Aerobic

question 48

Multiple Choice

Fermentation has a relatively low ATP yield compared to aerobic respiration because

• A) more reducing equivalents are used for anaerobic catabolism.
• B) less ATP is consumed during the first stage of aerobic catabolism.
• C) oxidative phosphorylation yields a lot of ATP.
• D) substrate-level phosphorylation yields a lot of ATP.

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