Cellular respiration is a four step process cells use to produce ATP: 1) glucose enters the cell and is broken down in glycolysis, using 2 ATP but producing 4 ATP and pyruvic acid, 2) the pyruvic acid enters the Krebs cycle in the mitochondria producing more ATP and NADH/FADH2, 3) the NADH/FADH2 are used in the electron transport chain, an aerobic process using oxygen to produce 32 more ATP, and 4) under low oxygen, fermentation converts pyruvic acid to lactic acid to allow glycolysis to continue without oxygen (anaerobic respiration).