Which of the following options does not hold good regarding anaerobic respiration or fermentation?

Options

A. Occurs inside the mitochondria
B. Partial breakdown of glucose occurs
C. Net gain of only 2 ATP molecules
D. None of these

Answer

A

Explanation

Fermentation is the incomplete oxidation of glucose under anaerobic conditions by sets of reactions where pyruvic acid is converted to `CO_(2)` and ethanol (alcoholic fermentation) or lactic acid (lactic acid fermentation). In fermentation, there is a net gain of only 2 ATP molecules for each molecule of glucose degraded to pyruvic acid.