Anaerobic Respiration

Anaerobic Respiration’s ________ and _____ _____ is the SAME as aerobic respiration; the ETC is ALMOST the same, but INSTEAD of ______ as its electron acceptor it uses something else.

Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, oxygen

Nitrate, Sulfate, Bicarbonate etc. are not as great of oxidizers as _______; they cannot take the ___ energy electrons that oxygen can; this means that ____ protons are pumped out and ___ ATP is going to be made.

oxygen, low, less, less

Some organisms will reduce _____ (NO3-) to _____ (NO2-) and _____.

nitrate, nitrite, water

Enzymes can further reduce the nitrite to _____ _____ (NO), ______ _____ (N2O), and even _______ ___ (N2)

nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen gas