anaerobic
Americanadjective
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(of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
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pertaining to or caused by the absence of oxygen.
adjective
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(of an organism or process) requiring the absence of or not dependent on the presence of oxygen
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of or relating to anaerobes
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Occurring in the absence of oxygen or not requiring oxygen to live. Anaerobic bacteria produce energy from food molecules without the presence of oxygen.
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Other Word Forms
- anaerobically adverb
Etymology
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Food waste is instead taken through a process called anaerobic digestion to create biomethane.
From BBC
Tougher controls over the spreading of sewage and septic tank sludge to land as fertiliser in farming are also proposed, as are limits on using digestate from anaerobic digestion plants.
From BBC
Already the West Country is a "hotbed for anaerobic digestion and biogas", according to Matt Hindle, head of Net Zero at Wales and West.
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This included alternative uses for the site such as hydrothermal plastics recycling and anaerobic digestion.
From BBC
This compound is found in the atmospheres of the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and has long been viewed as a potential biosignature for anaerobic life.
From Science Daily
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