aerobe

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aerobe

  • /ˈɛː.rəʊb/ UK
  • /ˈɛˌroʊb/ US

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Derived from French aérobie. By surface analysis, aero- + -obe.

noun aerobes

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

    Opposite: anaerobe

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noun organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen

Españolaerobio
DeutschAerobier

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@misc{aerobe_2026,
  title = {aerobe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aerobe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}