aeroben.
/ˈɛːrəʊb/, U.S. /ˈɛˌroʊb/ Biology.
An organism, esp. a microorganism, that has the ability to live in the presence of oxygen. Cf. earlier aerobian n.Obligate or strict aerobes can live only in the presence of oxygen; facultative aerobes are capable of living in its absence as well as in its presence.
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aerobian1865
anaerobian1865
microzyme1870
mycetes1874
pathogen1880
zooxanthella1882
aerobe1883
anaerobe1883
zymad1885
pathogerm1897
phytoflagellate1902
filter-passer1906
aerophile1907
zymocytea1909
fermenter1918
phytopathogen1918
phytomonad1926
pleuropneumonia-like organism1935
phototroph1941
mycoplasma1955
prokaryote1963
mycoplasm1964
serovar1973
spiroplasma1973
prokaryon1975
ureaplasma1975
1880 tr. L. Pasteur in Lancet 6 Nov. 751/2 The cultures of the parasite are necessarily made in contact with the air, for our virus is an aerobe being [Fr. un être aérobie], whose development is not possible without it.]
1883 H. Gradle Bacteria & Germ Theory Dis. ii. 36 Pasteur..recognizes bacteria of two classes, the Aerobes and the Anaerobes. The former require free oxygen, the latter cannot live in its presence.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 513 Obligatory aerobes, which must be supplied with oxygen.
1935 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 28 399 Anaerobic bacteria..were present in greater profusion than aerobes in all stages of appendicitis and peritonitis.
1950 L. E. Hawker Physiol. Fungi vi. 198 All filamentous fungi are obligate aerobes, unable to grow in the complete absence of oxygen.
2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees iii. 65 We—human beings and dogs and oak trees—are the highly evolved anomalies: the cold-loving ‘aerobes’, utterly dependent on the hyper-reactive gas, oxygen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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