Anaerobic

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Anaerobic is a technical word which literally means without air (where "air" usually means oxygen), as opposed to aerobic. In wastewater treatment the absence of oxygen is indicated as anoxic; and anaerobic is used to indicate the absence of any electron acceptor (nitrate, sulfate or oxygen)

Anaerobic may refer to:

• Anaerobic digestion, the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria with the absence of oxygen
• Anaerobic exercise, a form of exercise
• Anaerobic glycolysis, the conversion from sugar to alcohol using yeast - see Fermentation (biochemistry)
• Anaerobic organism, any organism that does not require oxygen for growth
• Anaerobic respiration, oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen
• Anaerobic ammonium oxidation, anammox, the microbial process combining ammonium and nitrite.

[edit] See also

• Hypoxia (environmental) for discussion on oxygen depletion

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