- Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle - in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
--1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--1 is a part of metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
--1 has parts: oxidative phosphorylation