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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| difficile PCR ribotype library
at the Anaerobe Reference Laboratory, University Hospital of Wales,
Cardiff, United Kingdom, that contained > 160 C. 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specimen that were not being recovered (unpublished data).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. |
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