Anaerobic respiration is economically important - many of our foods are produced by microorganisms respiring anaerobically. Yeast is used to make alcoholic drinks. When yeast cells are reproducing ...
This process requires specialized organs such as the lungs or gills. This oxygen is used for cellular respiration and metabolism, a byproduct of which is carbon dioxide.
Bioenergetic processes, such as cellular respiration or photosynthesis, are essential to most aspects of cellular metabolism, therefore to life itself. Photosystem II supercomplexes fulfill ...