Cells that DO perform cellular respiration:
* Cellule eucariotiche: These include all plant, animal, fungal, and protist cells. They have mitochondria, the organelles where most of cellular respiration occurs.
* Cellule procariotiche: Questi includono batteri e archaea. While they lack mitochondria, they still carry out cellular respiration in their cytoplasm using enzymes embedded in their cell membrane.
Cells that DO NOT perform cellular respiration:
* Some anaerobic bacteria: These bacteria live in environments without oxygen and use alternative metabolic pathways like fermentation to obtain energy.
Nota importante: Even cells that don't use oxygen for respiration still use a simplified version of the process called glycolysis to break down glucose and produce a small amount of ATP. This is a fundamental part of energy production for all living cells.
