Aerobe Definition

ârōb
noun
A microorganism that can live and grow only where free oxygen is present.
Webster's New World
An organism, such as a bacterium, requiring free oxygen to live.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.

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Other Word Forms of Aerobe

Noun

Singular:
aerobe
Plural:
aerobes

Origin of Aerobe

  • French aérobie Greek āēr air aero– Greek bios life gwei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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