| facultative |
refers to the ability to change metabolic pathways (ie aerobic and anaerobic) given the environmental conditions.
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| facultative |
Literally means "optional"; an adjective used to describe that an environmental factor is optionally (not necessarily) required for an organism to grow. For example, a facultative anaerobe can normally grow in the presence of oxygen but alternatively, it can also grow without oxygen.
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| facultative aerobe |
An organism which is normally anaerobic but can also grow in the presence or oxygen (O 2 ).
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| facultative anaerobe |
An organism that can grow well both in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of a level of oxygen equivalent to that in an air atmosphere (21%). Some are capable of growing aerobically by respiring with oxygen and of growing anaerobically by fermentation; others have a strictly fermentative type of metabolism and do not respire with oxygen.
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| facultative anaerobe |
A bacterium capable of growing under aerobic conditions or anaerobic conditions in the presence of an inorganic ion ie. SO4, NO3.
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