anaerobic organism

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• Anaerobic organism — Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can be identified by growing them in liquid culture: 1: Obligate aerobic (oxygen needing) bacteria gather at the top of the test tube in order to absorb maximal amount of oxygen. 2: Obligate anaerobic bacteria… …   Wikipedia

• Facultative anaerobic organism — A facultative anaerobic organism is an organism, usually a bacterium, that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present but is also capable of switching to fermentation. In contrast, obligate anaerobes die in presence of oxygen.Some… …   Wikipedia

• Anaerobic — is a technical word which literally means without air (where air is generally used to mean oxygen), as opposed to aerobic. In wastewater treatment the absence of oxygen is indicated as anoxic ; and anaerobic is used to indicate the absence of a… …   Wikipedia

• Anaerobic respiration — (anaerobiosis) refers to the oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen to produce energy, in opposition to aerobic respiration which does use oxygen. Anaerobic respiration processes require another electron acceptor to replace oxygen.… …   Wikipedia

• organism — Synonyms and related words: aerobic organism, an existence, anaerobic organism, anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, autotrophic organism, being, body, build, building, composition, conformation, constitution, construction,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Anaerobic digestion — and regenerative thermal oxidiser component of Lübeck mechanical biological treatment plant in Germany, 2007 …   Wikipedia

• anaerobic — The absence of air (specifically of free oxygen). Used to describe a biological habitat or an organism that has very low tolerance for oxygen …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• anaerobic — anaerobically, adv. /an euh roh bik, an air /, adj. 1. (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen. 2. pertaining to or caused by the absence of oxygen. [1880 85; ANAEROBE + IC] * * * …   Universalium

• anaerobic — adjective a) Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism. b) Of, or relating to an anaerobe Ant: aerobic …   Wiktionary

• anaerobic — an•aer•o•bic [[t]ˌæn əˈroʊ bɪk, ˌæn ɛə [/t]] adj. 1) ecl (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen 2) ecl pertaining to or caused by the absence of oxygen • Etymology: 1880–85 an aer•o′bi•cal•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

• Aerobic organism — Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria can be identified by growing them in a liquid culture: 1: Obligate aerobic bacteria gather at the top of the test tube in order to absorb maximal amount of oxygen. 2: Obligate anaerobic bacteria gather at the bottom …   Wikipedia