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aerobe Biol.|ˈeɪərəʊb, ˈɛərəʊb|
[ad. F. aérobie (Pasteur, see anaerobe), f. Gr. ἀήρ air + βίος life.]
One of a group (Aerobia) of micro-organisms which live on free oxygen derived from the air. So aeˈrobian, aeˈrobious adjs., living on the oxygen of the air; of the nature of or pertaining to aerobes; ˌaerobiˈosis, life sustained by the oxygen of the air; ˌaerobiˈotic |-ˈɒtɪk| a., pertaining to or characterized by aerobiosis, aerobic.
1879Faulkner & Robb tr. Pasteur's Ferment. 210 The first aërobian ferment. Ibid., An aërobious ferment. 1885Vines in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 51/2 In aerobiotic plants the normal processes of destructive metabolism..may be replaced for a..time by those abnormal processes of which fermentation is the outward expression. 1886Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 64/1 Those [micro-organisms] which thrive only with free oxygen; these he calls aerobes. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 513 Obligatory aerobes, which must be supplied with oxygen. 1933Biol. Abstr. 1929 III. 2332/3 Bacteriophagy and aerobiosis. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 183/2 He will know..the meaning of an aerobiosis, the action of sulphate-producing bacteria, [etc.]. |