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An aerobic organism or aerobe is an organism that can survive and grow in an oxygenated environment.[1] A good example would be the oxidation of glucose (a monosaccharide) in aerobic respiration. The energy released in this equation is about 2880 kJ per mol, which is conserved in regenerating 38 ATP from 38 ADP per glucose. This is a factor of 19 times more energy per sugar molecule than the typical anaerobic reaction generates. Eukaryotic organisms (everything but bacteria) only get a net gain of 36 ATP regenerated from ADP in this process, due to an additional membrane that must be crossed by active transport. Notice that oxygen is used during the oxidation of glucose and water is produced.
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