Definition of Aerobiosis

1. Noun. Life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen.

Generic synonyms: Life
Derivative terms: Aerobiotic

Definition of Aerobiosis

1. Noun. (biology) Any form of life that is sustained by the presence of air (or oxygen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aerobiosis

1. [n -BIOSES]

Medical Definition of Aerobiosis

1. Life or metabolic reactions in the presence of molecular oxygen. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerobiosis

aerobicize
aerobicized
aerobicizes
aerobicizing
aerobics
aerobies
aerobiologic
aerobiological
aerobiologically
aerobiologies
aerobiologist
aerobiologists
aerobiology
aerobioscope
aerobioses
aerobiosis (current term)
aerobiotic
aerobium
aeroboard
aerobomb
aerobombs
aerobot
aerobots
aerobrake
aerobraked
aerobrakes
aerobraking
aerobridge
aerobridges
aerobus

Literary usage of Aerobiosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Structure and Functions of Bacteria by Alfred G. Fischer (1900)
"CHAPTER VII RESPIRATION OF BACTERIA aerobiosis and Anaerobiosis ; Light-producing Bacteria ; Marine Bacteria; Sulphur and Iron Bacteria. ..."

2. Biotechnology: Plant Nutrition: A Bibliography, January 1988-April 1993 by Janet Saunders (1994)
"... Dna footprinting; Promoters; Protein degradation; Metals; Rna polymerase; aerobiosis Abstract: Central to the genetic regulatory circuit that controls ..."

3. A Manual of General Or Experimental Pathology for Students and Practitioners by Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow (1904)
"(iii) aerobiosis and Anaerobiosis.—The question whether the growth of a micro-organism is better in the presence or in the absence of oxygen is one of ..."

4. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"This neuronal metabolic transformation could be approached by the morphological study of the mitochondrial volume which could triple in aerobiosis. ..."

5. The Carbohydrate Economy of Cacti by Herman Augustus Spoehr (1919)
"The similarity of the reactions obtained in vitro to those observed in the organism of anaero- biosis and aerobiosis are worthy of notice. ..."

6. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"Forest soil taken from a deep position gave 59 mg. per kilo, of carbon dioxid within 24 hours in aerobiosis o mg. in anaerobiosis, while peat soil yielded ..."

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