Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

There are two types of respiration (i) aerobic respiration and (ii) anaerobic respiration. While aerobic respiration is a process that requires oxygen, but in anaerobic respiration, oxygen is not required. Therefore aerobic and anaerobic respiration differs in terms of the amount of energy that is produced. n aerobic respiration, oxygen is always required.
During the process of aerobic respiration, the molecules of food are broken down to obtain energy. Oxygen is present at the end point of the electron acceptor. The molecules of fuel that are generally used by the cells of the body during the process of the respiration are composed of glucose, fatty acids and amino acids. In other words, when there is respiration through the aerobic process, Glucose together with Oxygen produces Energy, Carbon Dioxide and Water. Aerobic Respiration also produces more energy than Anaerobic Respiration.
Generally anaerobic respiration is always used by the primitive living organisms, which live in places where oxygen is missing, like muddy bottom of a river. In such places, the organism survives without depending to a large extent on oxygen. These habitats are known as anoxic.

Anaerobic respiration produces less energy in comparison to aerobic respiration. When the anaerobic respiration (alcoholic fermentation) as at one above functions, only two molecules of ATP are given out for one glucose molecule, while for lactate fermentation as at two above, 2 ATP molecules are given out for each glucose molecule used during the process. Thus, during anaerobic respiration, only one molecule of glucose is broken down to obtain only 2 ATP molecule.

Reflection: Now I have a more in-depth knowledge of these to forms of respiration. I never knew that you could respire without oxygen!