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Aerobe

//ˈɛː.rəʊb// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.
  2. 2
    an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life wordnet

Etymology

From French aérobie. By surface analysis, aero- + -obe.

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