🔤 Facultative Aerobes ✨

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ikhtiyari hawayi jarseeme, oxygen ke baghair bhi zinda rehne wale jaraaseem

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📚noun (plural)

facultative aerobes

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DEFINITION

organisms that make ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but can switch to fermentation or anaerobic respiration if oxygen is absent

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Escherichia coli are facultative aerobes capable of thriving both inside the intestine and in open environments. Facultative aerobes adapt quickly to changing atmospheric conditions within the host organism. In the absence of oxygen, facultative aerobes switch their metabolism to fermentation pathways. Bacterial cultures of facultative aerobes show growth throughout both oxygenated and unoxygenated media. Yeast cells act as facultative aerobes, producing alcohol when oxygen levels drop.

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facultative anaerobes adaptable microbes versatile bacteria

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obligate aerobes obligate anaerobes