Sucrose (table sugar) is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. Glycogen is a polysaccharide composed of many glucose subunits. Which of the following fermentation tubes would you expect to produce the greatest gas volume over a 1-hour period? Why?
(a) Tube 1:
(b) Tube 2:
(c) Tube 3:
(a) Tube 1: glucose plus yeast
(b) Tube 2: sucrose plus yeast
(c) Tube 3: glycogen plus yeast will produce the largest volume of gas because glycogen is the largest of the sugars cited.
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