If bacteria are prokaryotic...?

...how do they perform cellular respiration without mitochondria?

If bacteria are prokaryotic...?
I believe the enzymes necessary for aerobic respiration are in the cytosol and they make use of the plasma membrane to create the gradients (instead of the inner mitochonrial space).
Reply:I agree with Rick P.
Reply:because the enzyme which find in mitochondria and make the cellular respiration they are found in the plasma membrane of bacteria instead of mitochondria and do the same job like ( cytochrome oxidase %26amp; cytochrome c reductase) so bacteria don't need to mitochondria
Reply:They are essentially mitochondria themselves.. That's the basis of the endosymbiotic theory; a prokaryote was taken into a eukaryotic cell and a symbiotic relationship formed, the prokaryote producing energy for the cell while getting nutrients (and protection from the environment).





Also, cellular respiration occurs in the membrane, fermentation occurs in the cytosol.

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