Fermentation has a relatively low ATP yield compared to aerobic respiration because
A) more reducing equivalents are used for anaerobic catabolism.
B) less ATP is consumed during the first stage of aerobic catabolism.
C) oxidative phosphorylation yields a lot of ATP.
D) substrate-level phosphorylation yields a lot of ATP.

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Fermentation does not utilize oxidative phosphorylation, which is the main pathway for generating high amounts of ATP through the electron transport chain in aerobic respiration.

Fermentation Has a Relatively Low ATP Yield Compared to Aerobic