#aerobic bacteria

• Amylobacter — A generic name for an anaerobic bacterium, often belonging to the genus Clostridium (such as Clostridium butyricum), capable of fermenting starch and other polysaccharides in the absence of oxygen. This microorganism plays an essential structural role in the natural decomposition of plant matter and in the industrial production of butyric acid or solvents, having the property of accumulating starch inclusions inside its cell.
• Anaerobic — Said of organisms (bacteria, fungi) that can live, develop, or carry out their structural vital processes in the absence of free molecular oxygen; it also describes biochemical processes (fermentation, cellular respiration) taking place without the participation of oxygen. In sports physiology, it qualifies intense, short-duration physical efforts where energy is produced by breaking down carbohydrates without additional oxygen supply.
• Anaerobiont — A microorganism or lower organism that lives and structurally develops exclusively in an environment devoid of free molecular oxygen. This type of organism, primarily represented by denitrifying, methanogenic, or sulfate-reducing bacteria, obtains the energy required for its vital functions through alternative metabolic processes such as fermentation or anaerobic respiration.
• Azotobacter — A genus of aerobic, motile, oval or spherical bacteria that live freely in the soil and possess the remarkable capacity to fix molecular atmospheric nitrogen directly into organic compounds assimilable by plants, without establishing a symbiotic relationship with their roots; it is widely used in bio-agriculture as a biofertilizer to stimulate soil fertility.