Actual coverage will always differ somewhat from what is printed here. Thomas M. Terry Breakdown of glucose to pyruvate 1.
Rest is released as heat.
This happens twice for each 3-C molecule. The resulting 3-C molecule is pyruvic acid, or pyruvate. Has evolutionary, taxonomic significance. Found in Pseudomonas, Rhizobium, Azotobacter , others. 9.6 in text.