0
An anaerobic organism or anaerobe is any organism that does not require oxygen for growth. Examples are gut flora, skin flora, and bacterial disease.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Anaerobic respiration occurs in what organism?
Mitochondrion. It happens in the matrix, i believe.
What distinguishes aerobic from anaerobic respiration?
Aerobic respiration requires diatomic free oxygen. Anaerobic respiration does not require it, and in fact is often hindered by free oxygen.
Why is it not possible to survive cyanide poisoning by using anaerobic respiration alone?
It is impossible to survive Cyanide Poisoning on Anaerobic Respiration alone, because Anaerobic Respiration supplies inadequate amounts of ATP to support the metabolism of an organism.
If an organism grows in the OF-glucose medium that is exposed to air is the organism osidative or fermentaive?
The organism will be Oxidative because it is exposed to the air, fermentation will occur in an anaerobic enviornment, meaning in the absence of oxygen.
What is parasite in science?
A parasite is an organism that sucks, feeds and lives in another organism. A few examples are lice and ticks.
What is an anerobic organism?
An organism that doesn't require oxygen to survive. Examples of anaerobic bacteria would be E. Coli, which produces the botulism toxin when in an anaerobic environment, tetanus, which is the bacteria responsible for producing the toxin that causes lockjaw, as well as many bacterias and complex organism that live on the bottom of the ocean where oxygen is almost non-existent.
What do you call an organism that does not require oxygen?
Anaerobic
What does it mean for organism to be an anaerobic?
It is poisoned by oxygen
What does it means for an organism to be anaerobic?
It is poisoned by oxygen
What does is mean for an organism to be anaerobic?
It is poisoned by oxygen
What are the characteristics of an anaerobic species?
An anaerobic species is one that does not live in oxygen-rich settings. Anaerobic means that the organism does not need oxygen to live.
What are the characteristics of anaerobic species?
An anaerobic species is one that does not live in oxygen-rich settings. Anaerobic means that the organism does not need oxygen to live.
What are the two enviornments of an organism?
Aerobic and Anaerobic environments.
What organism do respiration?
Anaerobic organisms are capable of respiration
Which organism is most likely use for anaerobic respiration?
Yeast
What is having to do without oxygen?
When a process or organism doesn't require oxygen it is called anaerobic, or sometimes facultatively anaerobic depending on the specific organism. Another term for without oxygen is anoxic.
What would make and an organism perform anaerobic respiration?
When oxygen is not available. "anaerobic" means "without oxygen ("aerobic" = oxygen).
