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Why is oxygen important in aerobic respiration

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Oxygen is the final electron acceptor therefor its very important

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The final stage of aerobic respiration which involves oxygen makes the most ATP since i believe it makes 32 ATP. Therefor its very important

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Oxygen is the final electron acceptor at the end of the electron transport chain of aerobic respiration. In the absence of oxygen, only a few ATP are produced from glucose. In the presence of oxygen, many more ATP are made.

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