Lots of chemical reactions occur here such as respiration.

很多化学反应都发生在这里，如呼吸作用。

Ye's sweet bamboo shoots have reached a respiration peak two hours after being reaped.

阿亮家大头甜笋，砍下来已经快两个小时了，这时候笋达到呼吸作用高峰。

However, in bacteria the plasma membrane has other important roles such as respiration, photosynthesis, and the synthesis of lipids and cell wall components.

此之外，细菌质膜还有其他重要作用，例如呼吸作用、光合作用与脂质和细胞壁成分合成。

Those simple sugars then move along to the respirators, another set of microbes that snatch up these simple sugars and burn them as fuel.

这些简单糖类会被输送至进行呼吸作用细菌，这些微生物会吸收简单糖类，并将之作为生物能源消耗掉。

Bananas ripen more quickly than most fruit because they don't naturally slow the respiration after being picked, in fact it speeds up, causing bananas to become mushy.

香蕉比大多数水果成熟得更快， 因为它们在采摘后不会自然地减慢呼吸作用，事实上它会加速， 导致香蕉变成糊状。