NEETBotanyRespiration in Plants
At what concentration of alcohol do yeasts poison themselves to death?
Options
- A5%
- B10%
- C13%
- D20%
Correct answer
C. 13%
Step-by-step solution
In both lactic acid and alcohol fermentation not much energy is released; less than seven per cent of the energy in glucose is released and not all of it is trapped as high energy bonds of ATP. Also, the processes are hazardous – either acid or alcohol is produced. What is the net ATPs that is synthesised (calculate how many ATP are synthesised and deduct the number of ATP utilized during glycolysis) when one molecule of glucose is fermented to alcohol or lactic acid? Yeasts poison themselves to death when the conc