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Anaerobic means able to live without air or oxygen, like some bacteria. One example is botulism.
In human metabolism, the term anaerobic applies to ATP use and glycosis to provide energy in the muscle cells. This does not require oxygen, but is rapidly depleted and can result in a buildup of lactic acid in the cells.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe prefix "an" means without
and "aero" means air or in this case oxygen
so aerobic means using air, and anaerobic not using air
Typically this is referring to metabolic processes when an organism is burning energy in the presence or absence of oxygen.
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∙ 8y agoAnaerobic means to require an absence of free oxygen. In home-wine making, for instance, the anaerobic stage is when a fermenting wine is enclosed in a container with only a fermentation trap to allow the carbon dioxide to escape, but which also keeps out oxygen.
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∙ 7y agoThis is related to anaerobiosis, in other words, the life under anaerobic conditions. Such conditions imply the absence of oxygen or the environment or atmosphere devoid of oxygen, therefore no requiring the presence of molecular oxygen for growth, that is, it is not capable of using molecular oxygen for growth (also called: anoxybiontic or anoxybiotic).
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∙ 11y agoA condition in which Oxygen is only available in a combined form swuch as Nitrate, Nitrite or SO4 in aqueous environment.....
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∙ 10y agoabsence of oxygen
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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.
Do sugar crystals grow better in acidic or alkaline conditions?
alkaline conditions
What are semiconducters?
semiconducters are substances that can conduct electricity under some conditions but not under other conditions
Is a description of a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world?
relationship undergiven conditions
What reformer investigated the conditions under which children worked?
which reformer investigated the conditions under which children worked
Can plants live in anoxic soil?
Yes plants can live in anoxic soil. an example of a plant that can live in anoxic soil is the mangrove. A mangrove can live in anoxic soil because of little arial roots called pnuematophores that are not submerged by water during the day, this allows them to draw oxygen into the underground root system.
What rhymes with anoxic?
Toxic.
Does pleurococcus photosynthesise?
yes, anoxic photosynthesis
The difference between oxic and anoxic soil?
Soil that contains oxygen is known as oxic soil. On other hand soil which lacks the oxygen is known as anoxic soil
What are the main causes for anoxic brain injury?
The main causes for anoxic brain injury are lack of oxygen to the brain. This can be caused due to drowning, suffocation, shock or autoerotic asphyxiation.
What is without oxygen?
The terms for without oxygen are anaerobic or anoxic.
What is Stagnation deposits?
decreased microbial decomposition, often anoxic.
What happens to a filter feeder when pollutants are introduced to the water?
What typically happens when pollution is introduced to a body of water is the plankton of the area multiplies in number. A majority of the plankton then sinks and creates anoxic conditions in bottom waters.
What two environmental conditions would preserve soft body parts?
For preservation of soft body parts as fossils in rock, burial, and an anoxic (lacking Oxygen) Environment are necessary. Burial provides a medium in which to preserve the body parts. A lack of oxygen (anoxia) will prevent all biologic activity, such as decay or predation, allowing the buried body part to survive long enough for mineralization (gradual replacement of original biological matter with minerals such as quartz) to occur. Anoxic conditions are relatively rare on a geologically significant scale; they exist usually in stagnant water, where biologic activity has depleted the oxygen supply, and no fresh water flows exist to clear out and replace the anoxic water. If your question is about peserving actual soft body parts, not as fossils, the answer is that dry and cool conditions, or freezing conditions, will retard decay, and thus will preserve organic material such as soft body parts for a time.
What is the difference between anoxic and anaerobic condition?
Anaerobic = total absence of free oxygen (O2) or bound oxygen (NO2, NO3) Anoxic = absence of free oxygen, but presence of bound oxygen.
When did the earth go from anoxic to oxic?
around about 2000 million years ago
How have mangrove trees adapted to life in tropical areas of the sea?
Mangrove trees have become specialized to survive in the extreme conditions of estuaries. Two key adaptations they have are the ability to survive in waterlogged and anoxic (no oxygen) soil, and the ability to tolerate brackish waters.
