What is anaerobic respiration?

A secondary school revision resource for OCR 21st Century Additional GCSE Science about homeostasis and its importance. read more

Anaerobic respiration is respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen (O 2). Although oxygen is not used as the final electron acceptor, the process still uses a respiratory electron transport chain called physolmere; it is respiration without oxygen. read more

The anaerobic respiration definition states that it is the pathway where the glucose is broken down into molecules in the absence of oxygen to produce energy. The first step in all cellular respiration pathways is glycolysis that takes place without the presence of molecular oxygen. read more

Anaerobic respiration Anaerobic respiration is a type of respiration that does not use oxygen. It is used when there is not enough oxygen for aerobic respiration. read more