Difference between Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration

Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration are two terms in biology. Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration are two different categories of the respiration. Aerobic mean presence of oxygen and Anaerobic mean absence of oxygen. There are so many differences between Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration.

Following are the difference between Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration.

	Aerobic respiration	Anaerobic Respiration
Presence of oxygen	Aerobic respiration happen in presence of oxygen	Anaerobic respiration happen in absence of oxygen
Site of action	Aerobic respiration occurs in Plant and animal	Anaerobic respiration occurs in microorganism
By product	Water and Carbon dioxide is by product of the Aerobic respiration	Water and ethanol are the by product of the Anaerobic respiration
Energy	Greater amount of the energy is released during the respiration	Less amount of the energy is released during the respiration
Toxicity	This process is generally nontoxic	This process is often toxic
Place of occurrence	Aerobic respiration occurs in Cytoplasm and microchondria	Anaerobic respiration occurs in cytoplasm.
combustion	Aerobic respiration show complete process of combustion	Anaerobic respiration does not show complete combustion.
Stage	It involves Glycolysis Krebs cycle, Electron transport chain	It involves glycolysis and fermentation stages.
Function	Aerobic respiration is a process in which energy production which requires for the body.	Anaerobic respiration is required for the fermentation process.