Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobe that ferments sugars. In the absence of oxygen, it does not use its electron transport chain but can still use an F1F0-ATPase. In the presence of oxygen, it respires oxygen through the electron transport chain. In the presence of oxygen, how does E.coli obtain its three energy intermediates?

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Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobe that ferments sugars. In the absence of oxygen, it does not use its electron transport chain but can still use an F1F0-ATPase. In the presence of oxygen, it respires oxygen through the electron transport chain.

In the presence of oxygen, how does E.coli obtain its three energy intermediates?

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