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Name: Jay
Status: Student
Age: 17
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: December 2004
Question:
In a Fermentation Lab Experiment, Why would it be that the carbon dioxide levels, and thus fermentation were higher in a 0.5% glucose solution at a pH of 4, rather than a pH of 7??


Replies:
I would want to see this experiment repeated several times, ensuring that the pH 4 really was pH 4 and that the differences between pH 4 and pH 7 were statistically significant.

Regards, Ron Baker


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