Difference between Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration
No. | Aerobic respiration |
Anaerobic respiration |
1. | Required component for the aerobic respiration is Oxygen. | For the anaerobic respiration process, oxygen is not required. |
2. | In both the nucleus and cytoplasm, aerobic respiration takes place. | Only in the cytoplasm, anaerobic respiration takes place. |
3. | In the aerobic respiration, presence of oxygen is required. | In the anaerobic respiration, presence of oxygen is not required. |
4. | Process of aerobic respiration is not toxic to the organisms. | Process of anaerobic respiration is toxic to the higher organisms. |
5. | Per glucose molecule, it generates 36 ATPs. | Per glucose molecule, it generates 2 ATPs. |
6. | It occurs in all the higher plants and animals | It occurs in the microorganisms. |
7. | End products of the aerobic respiration are water and carbon dioxide. | End products of the anaerobic respiration carbon dioxide and ethanol by the fermentation. In the animals, lactic acid is the end product. |
8. | Complete oxidation of glucose takes place in the Aerobic respiration. | Incomplete oxidation of glucose takes place in the Anaerobic respiration. |