Any process that increases the rate frequency or extent of a phase of elevated metabolic activity, during which oxygen consumption increases; this leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals. (Gene Ontology, GO_0060267)
9 genes participating in the positive regulation of respiratory burst biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset.