ALL meanings of aerobe
aer·obe
A a - noun aerobe an organism that requires oxygen for respiration 3
- noun aerobe a microorganism that can live and grow only where free oxygen is present 3
- noun aerobe A microorganism that grows in the presence of air or requires oxygen for growth. 1
- noun aerobe an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe). 1
- noun aerobe (biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive. 0