fermentation definition

Let us learn about fermentation definition

Fermentation is the metabolic process whereby electrons released from nutrients are ultimately transferred to molecules obtained from the breakdown of those same nutrients. The word fermentation is derived from the Latin word "fevers" which means "to boil”. This chemical process includes glycolysis and fermentation. Glycolysis is the process of oxidation of glucose to pyruvate this process usually occurs in cytoplasm of cells and not in mitochondria which takes place in the absence of oxygen.

Types of fermentation

There are various types of fermentation such as lactic acid fermentation, alcohol fermentation, mixed acid fermentation etc.

Lactic acid or (2-hydroxypropanoic acid) or milk acid, is a chemical compound that plays a vital role in various biological processes.

In early 1780 by a Swedish chemist, Carl Wilhelm Scheele isolated this acid and its chemical formula is C3H6O3. Lactic acid fermentation results in reduction of pyruvate to lactate with the help of bacteria (bacillus), algae (chlorella), some water molds, protozoa, and even in some skeletal muscles.

The fermenters used in lactic acids can be classified into homolactic which use glycolytic pathway and heterolytic use substantial products such as lactate, ethanol and CO2 by the way of phosphoketolase pathway

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