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The use of nitrate or sulfate to produce cellular energy is an example of _______.
A.
metamorphosis
B.
aerobic respiration
C.
anaerobic respiration
D.
photosynthesis

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C. anaerobic respiration

Nitrate and sulfate can serve as alternative terminal electron acceptors in the absence of oxygen, a process used by some microbes to generate cellular energy (e.g., denitrification, sulfate reduction).