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3 unusual facts about cellular respiration


Cell breathing

Cellular respiration, metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms

Leghemoglobin

Although leghemoglobin was once thought to provide a buffer for nodule oxygen, recent studies indicate that it stores only enough oxygen to support nodule respiration for a few seconds.

Mycoprotein

The Fusarium venenatum culture respires aerobically, so for it to grow at an optimum rate, it is supplied with oxygen, and carbon dioxide is drawn from the vat.


Peripheral chemoreceptors

Since its base rate of cellular respiration is so high, it’s AMPK would be more sensitive to reductions in blood borne oxygen, thus allowing it to respond to small variations in oxygen content before other cells begin to feel the effects of its absence.

Use of DNA in forensic entomology

A project termed "the barcode of life" was launched by Dr. Paul D. N. Hebert, where he identified a gene that is used in cellular respiration by all species, but is different in every species.


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