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Descriptor English: Bacteria, Anaerobic
Descriptor Spanish: Bacterias Anaerobias
Descriptor bacterias anaerobias
Scope note: Bacterias que pueden sobrevivir y crecer en completa o casi completa ausencia de oxígeno.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bactérias Anaeróbias
Descriptor French: Bactéries anaérobies
Entry term(s): Anaerobic Bacteria
Tree number(s): B03.130
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001421
Scope note: Bacteria that can survive and grow in the complete, or nearly complete absence of oxygen.
Annotation: general; prefer specifics; do not use as a routine coordinate with a specific anaerobic bacterium; facultatively anaerobic bacteria: index only here & not also under BACTERIA, AEROBIC; infection: coordinate IM with BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Anaerobiosis (1971-1983)
Bacteria (1966-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Entry Version: BACT ANAEROBIC
DeCS ID: 1444
Unique ID: D001421
NLM Classification: QW 52
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/03
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Bacteria, Anaerobic - Preferred
Concept UI M0002123
Scope note Bacteria that can survive and grow in the complete, or nearly complete absence of oxygen.
Preferred term Bacteria, Anaerobic
Entry term(s) Anaerobic Bacteria



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