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Comparison between respiration and fermentation of chemoheterotrophic microorganisms

  

  1. College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Online:2016-10-18 Published:2016-10-18

Abstract:

Chemoheterotrophic microorganisms obtain energy by respiration or fermentation. However, respiration or fermentation, especially anaerobic respiration and fermentation are usually misused in many situations. The concepts, characteristics and utilization of aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration and fermentation were compared. The relationship and difference between them were also analyzed in this paper.

Key words: chemoheterotrophic microorganisms, aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, fermentation