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Respiring

Respiring | Respired

Respiring meaning

present participle and gerund of respire

Example sentences (3)

Dissimilatory arsenate-respiring prokaryotes (DARP) speed up the reduction of As(V) to As(III).

Oxygen is required by all aerobically respiring plants and animals and it is replenished in daylight by photosynthesizing plants and algae.

Under eutrophic conditions, dissolved oxygen greatly increases during the day, but is greatly reduced after dark by the respiring algae and by microorganisms that feed on the increasing mass of dead algae.