anaerobic cellular respiration

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• Cellular respiration — in a typical eukaryotic cell. Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release… …   Wikipedia

• Cellular waste product — Cellular waste products are formed as a byproduct of cellular respiration, a series of processes and reactions that generate energy for the cell, in the form of ATP. Two examples of cellular respiration creating cellular waste products are… …   Wikipedia

• Anaerobic respiration — (anaerobiosis) refers to the oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen to produce energy, in opposition to aerobic respiration which does use oxygen. Anaerobic respiration processes require another electron acceptor to replace oxygen.… …   Wikipedia

• Respiration — is the act of inhaling and exhaling air in order to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide. * * * 1. A fundamental process of life, characteristic of both plants and animals, in which oxygen is used to oxidize organic fuel molecules, providing a… …   Medical dictionary

• Anaerobic organism — Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can be identified by growing them in liquid culture: 1: Obligate aerobic (oxygen needing) bacteria gather at the top of the test tube in order to absorb maximal amount of oxygen. 2: Obligate anaerobic bacteria… …   Wikipedia

• anaerobic — Relating to an anaerobe; living without oxygen. * * * an·aer·o·bic .an ə rō bik; .an .a( ə)r ō , .e( ə)r adj 1 a) living, active, or occurring in the absence of free oxygen <during heavy exercise anaerobic respiration occurs, pyruvic acid acts …   Medical dictionary

• Respiration — In biochemistry, respiration may refer to: *Cellular respiration, the process in which the chemical bonds of energy rich molecules such as glucose are converted into energy usable for life processes *Aerobic respiration, a process that allows… …   Wikipedia

• anaerobic — adj. 1) of or relating to anaerobes. 2) describing a type of cellular respiration in which foodstuffs (usually carbohydrates) are never completely oxidized because molecular oxygen is not used. Fermentation is an example of anaerobic respiration …   The new mediacal dictionary

• respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction       the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system  The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …   Universalium

• bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom …   Universalium

• Adenosine triphosphate — For the Japanese rock band, see Adenosine Tri Phosphate (band). Adenosine triphosphate …   Wikipedia