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What happens to energy that is released from food, but not captured and store into ATP?
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What happens to energy that is released from food, but not captured and store into
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In conditions of low or no oxygen the process of anaerobic respiration occurs. The 'an' in 'anaerobic' means without. During anaerobic respiration, the oxidation of glucose is incomplete - not all of the energy can be released from the glucose molecule as it is only partially broken down.

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