ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION

(FERMENTATION)

Respiration without OXYGEN

Anaerobic Respiration

● With no oxygen oxidative phosphorylation and

Krebs Cycle cannot take place. (Cells without
mitochondria cannot respire aerobically – e.g. red
blood cells)

● In anaerobic respiration glycolysis takes place as

usual yielding pyruvate and a small amount of ATP.
Fermentation

●Processes that use an organic molecule to

regenerate NAD+ from NADH.
2 Types of Fermentation

1. Lactic Acid Fermentation

- occurs in animals including humans and certain
bacteria
2. Alcohol Fermentation
- occurs in plants and some types of yeast
Lactic Acid Fermentation
Alcohol Fermentation
SUMMARY
Anaerobic Respiration
● If NADH cannot be oxidized through aerobic
respiration, another electron acceptor is used. Most
organism will use some form of FERMENTATION to
accomplish the regeneration of NAD+, ensuring the
continuation of GLYCOLYSIS. The regeneration of
NAD+ in fermentation is not accompanied by ATP
production; therefore, the potential of NADH to
produce ATP using an electron transport chain is not
utilized.