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Fermentation Lab Report Example with Guidelines to Write Lab Reports TA: Deepti *This is a lab report from a previous 181 lab written by a student. It has been modified and cut short a little to convey some important pointers to writing lab reports. The left columns indicate the pointers and some instructions. Please read those carefully. The text material has been provided so that you may have an example of a lab that you have already done. *You should not write the report in table format (this is only for illustration). Also, I expect graphs, tables, and math equations in the result section. Title: Demonstration of Fermentation using Yeast Cells CommentsTextAbstractSections of the report are clearly labeled. No references used in the abstract Usually less than 250 words Includes: Background information and purpose of the experiment Short description of the methods Results stated Conclusions stated as a short explanation It includes a summary of the whole lab report with reference to all the sections. Write the abstract last after writing all other sections This experiment is designed to determine if yeast cells undergo fermentation when placed in a closed flask with no oxygen. Glucose and yeast are mixed together in a closed flask and allowed to incubate for about one hour. Then, tests are performed to determine if the products of aerobic and anaerobic respiration are present in the flasks. The tests detect the presence of carbon dioxide and ethanol. Carbon dioxide should be present irrespective of the type of respiration taking place, but ethanol is present only if fermentation has occurred. Another factor that can indicate whether fermentation occurred or cellular respiration occurred is the amount of glucose utilized during incubation. Fermentation uses more glucose because the process of fermentation is much less efficient than cellular respiration in terms of energy production per molecule of glucose used. The open flask (control) and the closed f