Why can mitochondria be considered the power plants of the aerobic cells?
Mitochondria are the “power plants” of aerobic cells because within them the final stages of the cellular respiration process occurs. Cellular respiration is the process of using organic molecule (mainly glucose) and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and energy.
The energy is stored in the form of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) molecules and later used in other cellular metabolic reactions. In
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