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'''Anaerobic''' is a word which literally means ''without oxygen'', as opposed to [[aerobic (disambiguation)|aerobic]]. |
'''Anaerobic''' is a word which literally means ''without oxygen'', as opposed to [[aerobic (disambiguation)|aerobic]]. |
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In wastewater treatment the absence of oxygen is indicated as [[Anoxia|anoxic]]; and ''anaerobic'' is used to indicate the absence of a common electron acceptor such as [[nitrate]], [[sulfate]] or oxygen. |
In wastewater treatment the absence of oxygen is indicated as [[Anoxia|anoxic]]; and ''anaerobic'' is used to indicate the absence of a common electron acceptor such as [[nitrate]], [[sulfate]] or oxygen. |
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Anaerobic is a word which literally means without oxygen, as opposed to aerobic.
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In wastewater treatment the absence of oxygen is indicated as anoxic; and anaerobic is used to indicate the absence of a common electron acceptor such as nitrate, sulfate or oxygen.
Anaerobic may refer to:
- Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding agent that does not cure in the presence of air
- Anaerobic clarigester, is a form of anaerobic digester
- Anaerobic contact process, is a type of anaerobic digester
- Anaerobic digestion, (AD) is the naturally occurring process of anaerobic decomposition harnessed and contained to manage waste and/or release energy.
- Anaerobic environment, an aquatic environment with little available oxygen - see Hypoxia (environmental)
- Anaerobic exercise, a form of exercise
- Anaerobic filter
- Anaerobic lagoon, used to dispose of animal waste, particularly that of cows and pigs
- Anaerobic organism, any organism whose redox metabolism does not depend on free oxygen
- Anaerobic respiration, oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen
- Anaerobic ammonium oxidation, anammox, the microbial process combining ammonium and nitrite.