obligate anaerobe

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   an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen

   Broaderanaerobe

Questions about obligate anaerobe

What does obligate anaerobe mean?

obligate anaerobe means "an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen".

Is obligate anaerobe a common word?

obligate anaerobe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.