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On the Basis of Oxygen Requirements

Microbes can be classified as under on the basis of their requirements of oxygen:

(i) Obligate aerobes: need molecular oxygen.

(ii) Obligate anaerobes: grow in absence of oxygen.

(iii) Facultative anaerobes: aerobes having ability to grow in absence of oxygen.

(iv) Facultative aerobes: anaerobes that can grow even in the presence of oxygen.

 

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