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Members of the genus Serratia are facultative anaerobes. Answer from a professor of microbiology.

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Is micrococcus luteus a facultative anaerobe?

No Micrococcus luteus is aerobic organism, Staphylococcus aureus is often mistaken for Micrococcus luteus but its main difference is that it is a Facultative anaerobe


What is the difference between obligate and facultative parasites?

Obligate parasites require a host to complete their life cycle and cannot survive without one. Facultative parasites can live either independently or as parasites depending on the environment and conditions.


Is staphylococcus aureus obligate aerobe?

Streptococcus pyogenes is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive bacterium. It is not a obligate aerobe. It consists of long chains of round cells. The bacteria is non-motile, meaning it does not move.


Did growth happen at a different level in agar deep?

The agar deep stab is an experiment to determine the affect that oxygen has on a culture. If growth is found only at the top, this indicates an obligate aerobe. If growth is found at the bottom only, then it would be a obligate anaerobe. If growth is found all throughout the stab, this would indicate a facultative anaerobe. Obligate aerobes require oxygen to survive. Obligate anaerobes cannot survive with oxygen present. Facultative anaerobes can survive in both cases but usually prefer aerobic conditions.


How do facultative anaerobic bacteria differ from other two?

Facultative anaerobic bacteria can thrive in both the presence and absence of oxygen, using aerobic respiration when oxygen is available and switching to fermentation or anaerobic respiration when it is not. In contrast, obligate aerobes require oxygen for survival and growth, while obligate anaerobes cannot tolerate oxygen at all and may be harmed by it. This flexibility allows facultative anaerobes to adapt to varying environmental conditions, giving them an advantage in diverse habitats.

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What is the different between obligate anaerobe and facultative anaerobe?

Facultative anaerobes does not need o2 to grow but can also grow with o2. Obligate anaerobe cannot grow at all in the presence of o2.


Is micrococcus luteus a facultative anaerobe?

No Micrococcus luteus is aerobic organism, Staphylococcus aureus is often mistaken for Micrococcus luteus but its main difference is that it is a Facultative anaerobe


What is an anaerobe?

An anaerobe is an organism that thrives in an environment without oxygen. Facultative anaerobes prefer an oxygen-free environment but can survive in the presence of oxygen. Obligate anaerobes are destroyed by oxygen and cannot survive if it is present in their environment.


What is the opposite of facultative?

Obligate is the opposite of facultative in biology. Treaty is the opposite of facultative in insurance.


An organism that will die in the presence of oxygen is called a?

An obligate anaerobe.


How microbes are classified based on their oxygen preferences?

On the basis of oxygen requirement microorganisms are classified asAerobes: organisms that use molecular oxygen as electron acceptor.Anaerobes: organisms that use some molecule other than molecular oxygen as electron acceptor.Facultative organisms : organisms that can use either molecular oxygen or some other chemical compound as electron acceptor.


What is the primary use of deep?

Agar deeps are used to see whether an organism requires oxygen to grow. If there is spreading growth only at the bottom of the tube, the organism is an obligate anaerobe (meaning it cannot tolerate oxygen). If there is growth only at the surface of the agar, the organism is an obligate aerobe (it cannot grow without oxygen). And if there is growth all along the point of innoculation, the organism is a facultative anaerobe and can survive either way.


What is the difference between obligate and facultative parasites?

Obligate parasites require a host to complete their life cycle and cannot survive without one. Facultative parasites can live either independently or as parasites depending on the environment and conditions.


Is staphylococcus aureus obligate aerobe?

Streptococcus pyogenes is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive bacterium. It is not a obligate aerobe. It consists of long chains of round cells. The bacteria is non-motile, meaning it does not move.


Bergey's Manual describes Streptococcus and Escherichia as faculative anaerobes How do the oxygen requirements of these organisms differ...Which one could correctly be called an aerotolerant anaerobe?

Streptococcus is an obligate anaerobe and therefore lacks catalase. However, Streptococcus would be considered an aerotolerant anaerobe because, even though it lacks catalase to break down hydrogen peroxide, it also lacks the cytochrome system that would produce hydrogen peroxide in the first place. Therefore, it is not aerobic, but it is tolerant of aerobic conditions.


Did growth happen at a different level in agar deep?

The agar deep stab is an experiment to determine the affect that oxygen has on a culture. If growth is found only at the top, this indicates an obligate aerobe. If growth is found at the bottom only, then it would be a obligate anaerobe. If growth is found all throughout the stab, this would indicate a facultative anaerobe. Obligate aerobes require oxygen to survive. Obligate anaerobes cannot survive with oxygen present. Facultative anaerobes can survive in both cases but usually prefer aerobic conditions.


Is the rhinovirus an obligate anaerobe?

Hello! The rhinovirus, which is known to cause the common cold in humans, is not an obligate anaerobe. Viruses in general really don't mind if the host they are infecting is an anaerobe or not, and they don't have the organelles and specialised proteins and enzymes required for cellular respiration. However, viruses are obligate intracellular parasites, i.e., they have to infect a highly capable host to reproduce many copies of themselves. Hope this response helped you! 😃