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Facultative Anaerobe Versus Obligate Anaerobe

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Clostridium tetani is an example of an obligate anaerobe. It can survive as a spore in the presence of oxygen, however, vegetative cell growth can only happen in the absence of oxygen. This is why puncture wounds are more likely to result i...
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The answer is - because facultative anaerobes can synthesise an aerobic respiratory chain or, in the absence of oxygen, rely on either (1) fermentation or (2) an alternative respiratory chain that uses a different terminal electron acceptor...
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A faculative anaerobe (or faculative bacteria) is an organism that can grow in either the presence or absence of oxygen. It does not require O2 to grow but it does tolerate its presence. An obligate anaerobe is an organism that cannot grow ...
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obligate anaerobes does not tolerate oxygen at all, it kills them. facultative anaerobes can use oxygen if it is present.
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Obligate anaerobes only grow in the presence of oxygen, when facultative anaerobes can change their metabolic processes in oxygen.
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Facultative anaerobic beings, like the fungi Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a brewing yeast, can survive under oxygen-poor environments carrying out fermentation. However when oxygen is available these beings carry out aerobic respiration. Oblig...
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