If glucose is metabolized under completely anaerobic conditions, pyruvate

A) is converted to NADH.
B) is converted back to fructose until the concentration of oxygen increases.
C) leaves the fluid portion of the cytoplasm and enters the mitochondrial matrix.
D) immediately enters the Krebs cycle.
E) is converted by fermentation to lactate or CO2 + ethanol.


E

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