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facultative anaerobes

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A microbe that can grow using oxidative respiration when in oxygen, but is still capable of fermentation under anaerobic conditions

Alternative Meanings:
  • facultative anaerobes
    Microbes that can grow in the presence of oxygen or in its absence. They use oxygen in their metabolism when it is present, but grow by fermentation in its absence.
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