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Definition of oxic in English: oxicadjective ˈɒksɪkˈäksik (of a process or environment) in which oxygen is involved or present. Example sentencesExamples - Some groups of marine bacteria within the proteobacteria are capable of anoxygenic photosynthesis in oxic environments.
- Virtually all organisms that survive in oxic environments, whether they are capable of aerobic or anaerobic lifestyles or both, contain enzymes that convert reactive oxygen intermediates to innocuous compounds.
- Degradation of dissolved organic matter in oxic and anoxic lake water
- Thus, deposition graded gradually from anoxic environments below the storm wave base to oxic environments above the storm wave base.
- A recently described unicellular chlorophytic alga isolated from meromictic Mono Lake, California, occupies a niche that spans two environments: the upper oxic mixolimnion and the deeper anoxic and highly reducing monimolimnion.
Origin 1960s: from ox(ide) or ox(ygen) + -ic. Definition of oxic in US English: oxicadjectiveˈäksik Designating a process or environment in which oxygen is involved or present. Example sentencesExamples - Thus, deposition graded gradually from anoxic environments below the storm wave base to oxic environments above the storm wave base.
- Degradation of dissolved organic matter in oxic and anoxic lake water
- Some groups of marine bacteria within the proteobacteria are capable of anoxygenic photosynthesis in oxic environments.
- Virtually all organisms that survive in oxic environments, whether they are capable of aerobic or anaerobic lifestyles or both, contain enzymes that convert reactive oxygen intermediates to innocuous compounds.
- A recently described unicellular chlorophytic alga isolated from meromictic Mono Lake, California, occupies a niche that spans two environments: the upper oxic mixolimnion and the deeper anoxic and highly reducing monimolimnion.
Origin 1960s: from ox(ide) or ox(ygen) + -ic. |