Explain why lactic acid, carbon dioxide, and only 2 atp are produced in cell a and carbon dioxide, water and up to 32 apt are produced in cell b

Hello,

The explanation is that cell A was fermented (anaerobically), and cell B proceeded with cellular respiration (aerobic).

Lactic fermentation is a catabolic process, a fermentation, having as a starting point glycolysis, which produces an acid, lactic acid used to reoxidize NADH.  In other words, lactic acid fermentation is a biological process by which sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose are converted into cellular energy and metabolic byproduct, lactate. It is a lactic ferment that intervenes.

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