Organism Identification, Anaerobe
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... and may someday be used to aid energy production and carbon sequestration efforts. D. vulgaris also intrigues scientists because it is an obligate anaerobe meaning it can't survive in the presence of oxygen yet it participates in many geochemical processes in which oxygen levels fluctuate. For example, ...Society for General Microbiology 161st Meeting, University of Edinburgh
... prior to harvesting. Complex environmental factors make this very difficult to control. Cutting-edge research will also be revealed in the session anaerobe 2007: Changing perceptions and patterns of anaerobic infection. Hospital superbug C. difficile has a coat of armour that can self-assemble even when ...