RQ (Respiratory Quotient) is the ratio of volume of carbon-dioxide evolved to volume of oxygen consumed.
In anaerobic conditions (like fermentation), volume of oxygen consumed is zero. Hence regardless of the volume of carbon dioxide evolved, the RQ will always be infinte as Volume of carbon dioxide evolved/0 (as no oxygen is utilised) = infinite.
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