aerobe (redirected from obligate aerobes)

aer·obe  (ârb)

n.

An organism, such as a bacterium, requiring oxygen to live. Also called aerobium.

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[French aérobie : Greek r, air; see aero- + Greek bios, life; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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aerobe [ˈɛərəʊb], aerobium [ɛəˈrəʊbɪəm]

n pl -obes, -obia [-ˈəʊbɪə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) an organism that requires oxygen for respiration Compare anaerobe

[from aero- + Greek bios life. Compare microbe]

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aerobe  (ârb)

An organism, such as a bacterium, that can or must live in the presence of oxygen. Compare anaerobe.

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aerobe - an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently