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Bacteria can perform aerobic and anaerobic respiration depending on their enzymes and metabolic needs. A student argued that aerobic and anaerobic respiration should produce the same amount of ATP. He reasoned that they both use basically the same process; only the terminal electron acceptor is different. What is the primary error in this student's argument? Think about the different organisms in the body and in nature. Discuss how some produce their energy by anaerobic and aerobic metabolism. Discuss what would be available to them in this environment and what would they use as a primary electron acceptor. Would they all produce the same amount of ATP (energy) ?

          Bacteria can perform aerobic and anaerobic respiration depending on their enzymes and metabolic needs. A student argued that aerobic and anaerobic respiration should produce the same amount of ATP. He reasoned that they both use basically the same process; only the terminal electron acceptor is different. What is the primary error in this student's argument? Think about the different organisms in the body and in nature. Discuss how some produce their energy by anaerobic and aerobic metabolism. Discuss what would be available to them in this environment and what would they use as a primary electron acceptor. Would they all produce the same amount of ATP (energy) ?

Bacteria can perform aerobic and anaerobic respiration depending on their enzymes and metabolic needs. A student argued that aerobic and anaerobic respiration should produce the same amount of ATP. He reasoned that they both use basically the same process; only the terminal electron acceptor is different. What is the primary error in this student's argument? Think about the different organisms in the body and in nature. Discuss how some produce their energy by anaerobic and aerobic metabolism. Discuss what would be available to them in this environment and what would they use as a primary electron acceptor. Would they all produce the same amount of ATP (energy) ?

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