Why does fermentation have a relatively low ATP yield compared to aerobic respiration?

a. More reducing equivalents are used for anaerobic catabolism.
b. Less ATP is consumed during the first stage of aerobic catabolism.
c. Substrate-level phosphorylation has a poor ATP yield in anaerobic catabolism.
d. Aerobic catabolism uses oxidative phosphorylation.


Answer: D

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