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Prokaryotes do not actually "breath". But as far as cell respiration, E. coli is classified as a facultative anaerobe. That means it is capable of oxidative phosphorylation when oxygen is present and swtiches to fermentation when oxygen is depleted.

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By sucking up other cells blood

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