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Facultative Bacteria
Bacteria that can live under aerobic or anaerobic conditions.
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facultative anaerobe An organism that can use either molecular (dissolved) oxygen or oxygen obtained from food material such as sulfate or nitrate ions. In other words, facultative anaerobes can live under aerobic or anaerobic conditions.

facultative anaerobe
A microorganism that lives under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions.
fallow land ...

facultative
having the power to live under different conditions either with or without oxygen.
fats (wastes) ...

facultative : Used to describe organisms that are able to grow in either the presence or absence of a specific environmental factor (e.g., oxygen). See also facultative anaerobe.

facultative (FACK-ul-TAY-tive). Facultative bacteria can use either molecular (dissolved) oxygen or oxygen obtained from food material such as sulfate or nitrate ions.

Facultative
A microbial trait enabling aerobic or anaerobic respiration, depending on environment.
Facultative Anaerobes ...

Facultative A group of microorganisms which prefer or preferentially use molecular oxygen when available, but are capable of suing other pathways for energy and synthesis if molecular oxygen is not available.
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words, facultative bacteria can live under aerobic or
anaerobic conditions.
fecal coliform bacteria. Bacteria found in the intestinal tracts ...

facultative the condition of being optional, not obligate. Capable of living with or without something, such as oxygen.
femtoplankton composed of plankters sized from 0.02 to 0.2 micrometers ...

Facultative annual An organism (the phrase is usually used of plants) which may in some circumstances complete its life cycle within 12 months.

denitrification
Reduction of nitrates to nitrites, nitrogen oxides or dinitrogen (N2) catalysed by facultative aerobic soil bacteria under anaerobic conditions.

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