Some bacteria and fungi such as yeast complete their own version of anaerobic respiration called fermentation. This is the equation: glucose → ethanol + carbon dioxide Yeast undergoes ...

Study: Dietary- and host-derived metabolites are used by diverse gut bacteria for anaerobic respiration. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock.com Heterotrophic respiration involves oxidation ...

Some of these bacteria are aerobic, others are anaerobic; some are phototrophic, others are chemotrophic (i.e., they use chemicals as their energy source instead of light) (Table 1). Although ...