Asked by Wolf Haley

Bacteria that cause tetanus (muscle spasms) can survive without any oxygen. What process are these bacteria performing to create ATP?

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aerobic respiration

anaerobic respiration


chemosynthesis

photosynthesis

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
anaerobic respiration

These obligate anaerobes generate ATP without oxygen, using fermentation or anaerobic electron-accepting pathways (substrate-level phosphorylation and anaerobic respiration).