Anaerobic
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Anaerobic is a technical word which literally means without air (where "air" usually means oxygen), as opposed to aerobic. In wastewater treatment the absence of oxygen is indicated as anoxic; and anaerobic is used to indicate the absence of any electron acceptor (nitrate, sulfate or oxygen)
Anaerobic may refer to:
- Anaerobic digestion, the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria with the absence of oxygen
- Anaerobic exercise, a form of exercise
- Anaerobic glycolysis, the conversion from sugar to alcohol using yeast - see Fermentation (biochemistry)
- Anaerobic organism, any organism that does not require oxygen for growth
- Anaerobic respiration, oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen
- Anaerobic ammonium oxidation, anammox, the microbial process combining ammonium and nitrite.
[edit] See also
- Hypoxia (environmental) for discussion on oxygen depletion
