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OBLIGATE ANAEROBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obligate anaerobe mean?
• OBLIGATE ANAEROBE (noun)
The noun OBLIGATE ANAEROBE has 1 sense:
1. an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen
Familiarity information: OBLIGATE ANAEROBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("obligate anaerobe" is a kind of...):
anaerobe (an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live)
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