aerobe

English

Etymology

From French aérobie. By surface analysis, aero- +‎ -obe.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.rəʊb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛˌroʊb/

Noun

aerobe (plural aerobes)

1. (biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.

   Antonym: anaerobe

   Hyponym: nanoaerobe

Derived terms

• nanoaerobe

 

Related terms

• aerobic
• aerobics
• microbe

Translations

organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen

• Catalan: aerobi (ca) m
• Finnish: aerobiontti (fi)
• German: Aerobier (de) m
• Persian: هوازی (fa) (havâzi)
• Polish: aerob (pl) m, aerobiont (pl) m, oksybiont m, tlenowiec m
• Spanish: aerobio (es) m

See also

• facultative

 

Anagrams

• Beroea

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aerobe

1. inflection of aerob:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular