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Definition of Aerobe
1. Noun. An organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life.
Definition of Aerobe
1. Noun. (biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aerobe
1. an organism that requires oxygen to live [n -S] : AEROBIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Aerobe
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerobe
Literary usage of Aerobe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Production and Inspection of Milk by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station (1912)
"Grows better at 37° than at 20°C. aerobe. B. lactis arborescens II. ... Grows at
20° and 37°C. aerobe. Varieties with slow liquefaction and negative Gram ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"It was Gram positive but not acid-fast, a facultative aerobe and grew on ordinary
... It was a facultative aerobe, but branching was not observed. ..."
3. A Manual of General Or Experimental Pathology for Students and Practitioners by Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow (1904)
"It is true that an aerobe does not grow so readily under anaerobic conditions as
... Though growth may be completely absent if an aerobe be placed under ..."
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