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A 67-year-old patient with severe sepsis undergoes a full infectious workup upon admittance to the intensive care unit. Cultures of urine, blood, sputum, and cerebral spinal fluid are obtained. The cultures do not yield a specific organism, so further analysis of the sample is done to determine the characteristics of the microorganism. The organism's metabolic processes are analyzed in the lab.
-Which of the following statements properly characterizes the ATP yield from anaerobic respiration?


A) Anaerobic respiration produces less ATP per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration at maximum net yield.
B) Anaerobic respiration at maximum net yield produces more ATP per glucose molecule than fermentation.
C) Anaerobic respiration produces 2-36 ATPs per glucose molecule.
D) All of the choices are correct.

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