Anaerobic

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001354",
  "term": "Anaerobic",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A biological process which occurs in the absence of oxygen.\n\n2. In the absence of oxygen.\n\n3. Microorganisms that biodegrade organic matter without free oxygen.\n\n4. Able to live, grow, or take place where free oxygen is not present.\n\n5. Environmental condition characterized by zero oxygen levels. Describes biological and chemical processes that occur in the absence of oxygen.\n\n6. Life or processes that occur in the absence of oxygen.\n\n7. (AN-air-O-bick) A condition in which \"free\" (atmospheric) or dissolved oxygen is NOT present in water.\n\n8. Not containing oxygen or not requiring oxygen.\n\n9. A life or process that occurs in, or is not destroyed by, the absence of oxygen.\n\n10. Occurring in the absence of free oxygen.\n\n11. Anaerobic respiration takes place without the use of oxygen and produces small amounts of energy. Alcohol or lactic acid or other compounds are produced as waste products depending on the kind of cells that are active.\n\n12. Requiring, or not destroyed by, the absence of air or free oxygen.\n\n13. Absence of molecular oxygen (O₂) as a part of the environment, or a biological process that occurs in the absence of molecular oxygen; bound oxygen is present in other molecules, such as nitrate (NO₃₋) sulfate (SO₄₊) and carbon dioxide CO₂.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Underground Storage Tank Sites Guide Glossary",
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "Watershed Protection Glossary; Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Definitions and Acronyms",
    "CMAQ Glossary",
    "AgSTAR Handbook Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/anaerobic/"
}