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aerobe

 
Dictionary: aer·obe   (âr'ōb') pronunciation
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n.
An organism, such as a bacterium, requiring oxygen to live. Also called aerobium.

[French aérobie : Greek āēr, air; see aero- + Greek bios, life.]


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(âr'ōb')
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An organism, such as a bacterium, requiring oxygen to live.

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A microorganism that grows in the presence of free oxygen and utilizes oxygen for oxidative phosphorylation.

  • facultative a. — one that can live in the presence of oxygen.
  • obligate a. — one that cannot live without oxygen.
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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