Nearly all organisms (prokaryotic/eukaryotic, plant/animal/fungal) carry out some form of glycolysis, but not all organisms carry out the Citric Acid Cycle or Oxidative Phosphorylation by the electron transport chain. Name two reasons why this is the case.

Nearly all organisms (prokaryotic/eukaryotic, plant/animal/fungal) carry out some form of glycolysis, but not all organisms carry out the Citric Acid Cycle or Oxidative Phosphorylation by the electron transport chain. Name two reasons why this is the case.

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