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anaerobic process

[¦an·ə¦rōb·ik ′präs·əs]
(science and technology)
A process from which air or oxygen not in chemical combination is excluded.
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But as respiration continues and the oxygen level reaches zero, says Schlimme, anaerobic respiration takes over and the fruit or vegetable will ferment and set up conditions for growth of anaerobic organisms such as clostridium botulinum.
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In the laboratory, oysters are known to have the ability to successfully cope with hypoxia by utilizing anaerobic respiration (de Zwaan 1977, Widdows et al.
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However, in the absence of oxygen, prokaryotes have the ability to ferment as well as use the ETC (anaerobic respiration).
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