| Definition |
Aerobic respiration uses oxygen. |
Anaerobic respiration is respiration without oxygen; |
| What cells use this process |
Aerobic respiration occurs in most cells. |
Anaerobic respiration occurs in bacteria, yeasts, some prokaryotes, red blood cells, and in muscle cells. |
| Final products |
Glucose is completely broken down into carbon dioxide and water |
Glucose is partially broken down into lactic acid (in lactic acid fermentation) or into ethanol and carbon dioxide, as occurs in yeast cells during alcoholic fermentation. |
| Amount of energy released per glucose molecule |
Between 36-38 ATP molecules |
Only 2 ATP molecules |
| Reactants |
glucose, oxygen |
glucose |
| Site of reactions |
Cytoplasm and mitochondria |
Cytoplasm |
| Stages |
Glycolysis, Krebs cycle |
Glycolysis, Fermentation |