A major difference between anaerobic respiration and anaerobic fermentation is .

a. in the use of oxygen
b. that the former requires breathing
c. that the latter uses organic molecules within the cell as final electron acceptors
d. that fermentation only produces alcohol


Ans: c. that the latter uses organic molecules within the cell as final electron acceptors

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