The anaerobic chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucose; it is converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide (CO2), producing two molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
ethanol fermentation; glucose catabolic process to ethanol; glucose fermentation to ethanol
related_synonym:
alcoholic fermentation; ethanol anabolism during fermentation; ethanol biosynthetic process involved in glucose fermentation to ethanol; ethanol formation during fermentation; ethanol synthesis during fermentation