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Title: What chemicals are produced when these cells ferment carbohydrates?
Post by: juliabreslin on Sep 20, 2012
Name the primary chemical(s) that are produced when the following types of cells ferment carbohydrates:

(a) Lactobacillus acidophilus
(b) Muscle cells of Homo sapiens
(c) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(d) Acetobacter
(e) Escherichia coli (E. coli)


Title: What chemicals are produced when these cells ferment carbohydrates?
Post by: buggingout16 on Sep 20, 2012
a) Lactic Acid
b) lactate and NAD+
c) Alcohol
d) Acetic Acid
e) lactate, succinate, ethanol, acetate and carbon dioxide
And don't worry the "Homo" in Homo sapiens is not a bad word.
Good luck!