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Explain why fermentation pathways are
beneficial when oxygen is not available .​

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However, the citric acid cycle can not occur in the absence of oxygen because there is no way to regenerate the NAD+ used during this process. Lactic Acid Fermentation. The fermentation method used by animals and some bacteria like those in yogurt is lactic acid fermentation. This occurs routinely in mammalian red blood cells and in skeletal muscle that does not have enough oxygen.

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