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anaerobe
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anaerobe, anaerobium
an organism that does not require oxygen for respiration

anaerobe [′an·ə‚rōb]
(biology)
An organism that does not require air or free oxygen to maintain its life processes.


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A comparison of the findings from the two swabs led to two important observations: (1) the pretherapy culture-positive rate increased from 74% (recovered bacteria) to 80% (recovered and detected bacteria) and (2) numerous anaerobes were present in the otorrhea specimen that were not being recovered (unpublished data).
It exerts strong antibacterial effects against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, aerobes, anaerobes as well as Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Conversely, water with a negative ORP (-300 to -400mV) has been hypothesized to facilitate optimum growth of strict anaerobes in the gut (3).
 
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