#anoxybiotic
- Anoxybiotic — Developing, living, or carrying out metabolic processes exclusively in the absence of free molecular oxygen; characteristic of anaerobic organisms or airless environments. In microbiology and structural ecology, the term qualifies anoxybiotic (or obligate anaerobic) bacteria and the biochemical processes of fermentation or decomposition taking place in deep sediments, stagnant marine basins, or the digestive tract of animals.