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ANAEROBIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Living or active in the absence of free oxygen
Example:
anaerobic bacteria
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Antonym:
aerobic (depending on free oxygen or air)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not aerobic
Example:
isometric exercises are anaerobic
Classified under:
Antonym:
aerobic (based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency)
Context examples:
A species of strictly anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Atopobium minutum, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria that are used therapeutically as an immune-stimulant to fight cancer.
(Attenuated Corynebacterium granulosum, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Veillonellaceae.
(Megamonas, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes.
(Megasphaera elsdenii, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram negative, cocci shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Veillonellaceae.
(Megasphaera, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.
(Mogibacterium timidum, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of oxidase-negative Gram-negative bacillus bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family with anaerobic respiration.
(Morganella morganii, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Pantoea agglomerans, NCI Thesaurus)
A broad-spectrum parenteral carbapenem with activity against aerobic, anaerobic, gram-positive and gram-negative organisms including non-fermenters.
(Panipenem, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Coriobacteriaceae.
(Olsenella, NCI Thesaurus)
