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Anaerobes   Listen
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Anaerobes, Anaerobia  n. pl.  (Bacteriol.) Anaerobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaerobes when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate anaerobes, or obligatory anaerobes, when they thrive only in its absence.






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"Anaerobes" Quotes from Famous Books



... actually picturing decomposition by anaerobic bacteria. With insufficient oxygen, foul-smelling materials are created. Instead of humus being formed, black, tarlike substances develop that are much less useful in soil. Under airless conditions much nitrate is permanently lost. The odiferous wastes of anaerobes also includes hydrogen sulfide (smells like rotten eggs), as well as other toxic substances with ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon



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