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Anaerobes

Webster's Dictionary

(n. pl.) Anaerobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaerobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaerobia when they thrive only in its absence.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Anaerobes'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/anaerobes.html. 1828.