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Prepare an article on anaerobic respiration to present school symposium. (AS7)

Anaerobic respiration is a type of respiration in absence of oxygen. It takes place in some bacteria, and yeast and other prokaryotes. This process takes place in cytoplasm. Here, the glucose molecule is incompletely oxidised End products are either ethyl alcohol or lactic acid and water. Relatively small energy is liberated (2 ATP). This type of respiration takes place in human muscle cells and causes pain.


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