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Aerobic Respiration

C6H12O6 + 6O2  6 CO2 + 6 H2O + Energy (ATP)

Figure 28. Aerobic respiration

Steps of aerobic respiration:

1. Glycolysis (Figure 25)  In cytoplasm In mitochondria
2. Pyruvate oxidation
3. Citric acid (krebs) cycle
4. Oxidative phosphorylation (Electron Transport Chain)

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