Question: one of the waste products that accumulates during cellular

title: Cellular waste product
text: Generally , in anaerobic respiration sugars are broken down into carbon dioxide and other waste products that are dictated by the oxidant the cell uses . Whereas in aerobic respiration the oxidant is always oxygen , in anaerobic respiration it varies . Each oxidant produces a different waste product , such as nitrite , succinate , sulfide , methane , and acetate . Anaerobic respiration is correspondingly less efficient than aerobic respiration . In the absence of oxygen , not all of the carbon - carbon bonds in glucose can be broken to release energy . A great deal of extractable energy is left in the waste products . Anaerobic respiration generally occurs in prokaryotes in environments that do not contain oxygen .