Question 7

(Multiple Choice)

A bacterial species never uses oxygen as a final electron acceptor. However, it has the enzymes necessary to degrade toxic forms of oxygen. Such a bacterial species is an example of:


A) an obligate aerobe.
B) an obligate anaerobe.
C) a facultative anaerobe.
D) an aerotolerant anaerobe.
E) a microaerophile.

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