... then taken to other parts of the plant cell. The energy that glucose stores cannot be accessed readily by the cell. The process of cellular respiration transfers the energy stored in glucose bonds to bonds in ATP (adenosine triphosphate) so that it can be used more easily by the cell. As many as 38 ATP molecules can be generated by glucose through cellular respiration (Kenyon 141). Our goal was to consider one method by which cells make ATP using energy that comes from breaking down the chemical bonds in glucose. That method is called Alcoholic Fermentation and is a type of metabolic pathway. Alcoholic fermentation is a metabolic pathway primarily used by yeasts and some bacteria (Kenyon 142). In it, glucose forms three products: Ethyl alcohol (ethanol), carbon dioxide and ATP. This process is enzyme catalyzed and so the outcome can be dependent on any of the three factors that affect ...

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