PATHOLOGY MCQ
INFECTION
Question
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What is an anaerboic organism?
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live and reproduce in the absence of oxygen
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require oxygen to live
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cause disease and infection
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Obligate anaerobes, which live only in the absence of oxygen, do not possess the defenses that make aerobic life possible and therefore cannot survive in air.
Detailed explanation-2: -Obligate anaerobes like Peptostreptococcus, Treponema, Fusiform, Porphyromonas, Veillonella and Actinomyces can live without oxygen.
Detailed explanation-3: -Obligate anaerobes obtain energy through fermentation and use organic compounds as a terminal electron acceptor. Facultative anaerobes can grow in the presence or absence of oxygen.
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