Bacterium
anaerobic bacteria
[ an-uh-roh-bik, an-ai- bak-teer-ee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Bacteria
Definitions related to bacteria, anaerobic:
  • (anaerobic bacteria) Any bacterial organism that does not require oxygen to grow or respirate and cannot be assigned to a specific genus or species.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (anaerobic bacteria) Any bacteria that does not require oxygen to grow or respirate.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (anaerobic bacteria) See RTs for specific organisms.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Bacteria that can survive and grow in the complete, or nearly complete absence of oxygen.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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