aerobic
Definition
Dependent on oxygen. Soil bacteria which degrade sewage from septic systems, for example, live and function only in the presence of oxygen. They (and all animals, including humans) are aerobic organisms. See also anaerobic.
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aerobic is in the Environment & Pollution Control and HACCP & Food Industry subjects.
aerobic appears in the definitions of the following terms: anaerobic, fungi, aerobes, biological oxygen demand (BOD) and biological treatment
aerobic appears in these other term: aerobic treatment
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