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Definition of Aerophilic
1. Adjective. Depending on free oxygen or air. "Aerobic fermentation"
Medical Definition of Aerophilic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerophilic
Literary usage of Aerophilic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"It has not been minutely enough studied to differentiate it from B. xerosis.
Micro-aerophilic "Diphtheroids. ..."
2. Guide for Conducting Treatability Studies Under CERCLA: Biodegradation by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Please note, however, that some processes may be micro-aerophilic and will not
work under strict anaerobic conditions. A number of papers are available ..."
3. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"... during the whole period of exclusively breast feeding the stools contain
enormous numbers of the Gram-positive micro-aerophilic B. bifidus of Tissier, ..."
4. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1901)
"... make possible their exclusion from known groups of pathogens, and their placing
in a large group of more or less closely related aerophilic organisms. ..."
5. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"Gelatin stab cultures develop only below the surface of the medium, showing the
micro-aerophilic or semi-anaerobic growth characters of the organism. ..."
6. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1893)
"In the case of the aerophilic species of favus, developing aerial spores, we
scrape with a platinum wire and then take up small particles, scarcely visible ..."
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