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Cyanide resistant pathway is...

Cyanide resistant pathway is

A

Anaerobic respiration

B

Aerobic respiration

C

Both (a) and (b)

D

None of these

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A
The flow of electrons in the usual mitochondrial electron transport chain during aerobic respiration is blocked by the presence of cyanides which inhibit the activity of cytochrome oxides. This is known as cyanide sensitive respiration.
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