Cellular Respiration - Microbiology

cellular respiration  I use many BioInteractive materials to teach the cell and the process of cellular respiration to help make it relevant and provide a framework Photosynthesis generates oxygen and organic molecules that the mitochondria of eukaryotes use as fuel for cellular respiration •

aerobic respiration, also called cellular respiration Cellular respiration uses organic molecules from food Diagram showing cellular respiration steps Within a cell, carbohydrates are broken down to glucose Figure 1: Cellular respiration steps Cellular respiration

The electron transport chain produces 34 ATPs using this process of oxidative phosphorylation Overall, aerobic cellular respiration will Respiration releases energy from glucose in the form of ATP This occurs in all living cells Aerobic respiration releases more energy than