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How does alcoholic fermentation occur?

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In alcoholic fermentation, such as occurs in brewer's yeast and some bacteria, the production of lactic acid is bypassed, and the glucose molecule is degraded to two molecules of the two-carbon alcohol , ethanol, and to two molecules of carbon dioxide.

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