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Anaerobic respiration and how it differs from aerobic revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Biology (4BI1), chapter 1: Life processes, specification point 2.36, 2.38. Part of the full course.

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Anaerobic respiration releases energy from glucose without oxygen, but it breaks glucose down only partly. Its products depend on the organism, and in animals the lactic acid produced must be broken down using extra oxygen afterwards.

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