How is ATP produced in an anaerobic respiration?

For respiration in anaerobes, ATP is produced in a very similar fashion to chemiosmosis in eukaryotes, where the electrons from [math]NADH[/math] and [math]FADH_2[/math] are transferred to increasingly electronegative species, releasing energy. read more

Aerobic respiration is 19 times more effective at releasing energy than anaerobic respiration because aerobic processes extract most of the glucose molecules' energy in the form of ATP, while anaerobic processes leave most of the ATP-generating sources in the waste products. read more

Glycolysis produces between six and eight ATP in the first cycle, which also produces the pyruvate, which is turned into Acetyl COA. These COA are processed to produce another six ATP before the remains of the COA is processed in the citric acid cycle. The cycle produces six NADH, two FADH2 and two ATP. read more