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MICRO-ORGANISME FACULTATIF [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Biochemistry
DEF

[An] organism that can carry out both options of a mutually exclusive process (e.g., aerobic and anaerobic metabolism).

CONT

Escherichia coli is a consistent inhabitant of the human intestinal tract, and it is the predominant facultative organism in the human gastrointestinal tract ...

Key term(s)
  • facultative micro-organism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Biochimie
CONT

L'association ischémie, oedème et inflammation du tissu sous-cutané entraîne une diminution de la PO2 et permet la croissance des anaérobies obligatoires (p. ex. Bacteroïdes) tout en favorisant le métabolisme anaérobie par des organismes facultatifs (p. ex. E. coli).

Spanish

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