If fermentation pathways follow glycolysis, ____

a. CO2 will be one of the products as pyruvate is converted to lactate
b. the two NADH molecules produced during glycolysis will (depending on the organism) be used to reduce
pyruvate to either lactate or ethanol and CO2
c. ATP will be required to convert pyruvate to either lactate or ethanol and CO2
d. oxidative phosphorylation occurs either on the plasma membrane or on derivatives of the plasma membrane
e. ATP will be required to convert lactate to pyruvate and CO2


ANSWER: b

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