Debate and discussion of any biological questions not pertaining
to a particular topic. 9 posts • Page 1 of 1 I was reading my
lab manual, and it says "All living organisms, including
protists, bacteria, and plants, create ATP in fermentation or
cellular respiration and then use ATP in metabolism." It doesn't
go into any more detail than that, it just states it like it's a
known fact and then moves on. But I was like... I had no idea
that plants used fermentation or cellular resp., I thought they
just got all their energy from photosynthesis. :/ So, since I'm
pretty sure they don't use cellular resp., does anyone know what
kind of fermentation they use? Do they use it all the time, or
just when they don't have access to light? PS. now that I think
about it, there are some plants like the Venus Flytrap that seem
to ingest organic material. So do they use cellular respiration?
Plants use photosynthesis to make sugars out of water, CO2 and
sunlight. But a plant cell (like any other cell) cannot use
sugars for th