Bhau, they argue over those last two ATP like uncles haggling over ten rupees! The truth is, both are correct models, but 36 is the more precise modern number—it accounts for the cost of shuttling NADH from the cytoplasm into our powerhouse. In my lab, staring at sick mitochondria that can't even manage 30, you learn every fraction counts. So we quote 36, because in disease, efficiency is everything and those two missing ATP are the first to vanish.
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