anaerobic respiration

id: GO:0009061
name: anaerobic respiration
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The enzymatic release of energy from organic compounds (especially carbohydrates and fats) which uses compounds other than oxygen (e.g. nitrate, sulfate) as the terminal electron acceptor.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0015948methanogenesis
GO:0019331anaerobic respiration, using ammonium as electron donor

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0045333cellular respiration