Aerobes vs anaerobes

Based on your knowledge on anaerobes, what are the simplest and most important steps for treating an anaerobic infection?      

expose them to air

All pathogenic bacteria are __________

chemoheterotrophs

what type of bacteria cannot generate co2 and require it from the atmosphere

capnophilic bacteria

Anaerobes do not grow well in the presence of air because they lack ______ that allow them to nullify _______

• enzymes

• reactive oxygen species

what bacteria are obligate aerobes

• mycobacterium

• Bordetella

what bacteria are obligate anerobes

• clostridium

• bacterioides

what bacteria are facultative anaerobes

• staph

• e.coli

bacteria that derive energy from a carbohydrate source are ___________

saccharolytic

bacteria that cannont use carbohydrates as an energy source are known as _____________

Asaccharolytic

some anaerobes are able to perform anaerobic respiration where they have an electron transport chain but ____ is not the terminal electron acceptor

oxygen

where are aerobes typically found in the body

• upper respiratory system

• skin

• blood

where are anerobes typically found in the body

• intestine

• rumen

• deep wound

the result of an aerobic bacteria infection is __________

inflammation

the result of an anaerobe bacteria infection is ___________

gas gangrene

Aerobes can create ____ moles of ATP from 1 mole of glucose

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