State the difference between anaerobic and Aerobic respiration.( in simple language)
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Aerobic respiration is a set of metabolic reactions that take place in the presence of oxygen, occurring in a cell to convert chemical energy into ATPs. Anaerobic respiration is a process of cellular respiration where the high energy electron acceptor is neither oxygen nor pyruvate derivatives.
Aerobic respiration refers to complete breakdown of metabolic fuels in presence of oxygen.
Anaerobic respiration is the process of partial breakdown of fuel (glucose) in absence of oxygen.
2. It includes glycolysis, citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. The first two processes take place in the cytoplasm while last one occurs in mitochondria.
Glycolysis is followed by ethanol fermentation (occurs in yeast) or lactic acid fermentation (in muscles and microbes like lactic acid bacteria).