Facultative anaerobic organism
1: Obligate aerobes need oxygen because they cannot ferment or respire anaerobically. They gather at the top of the tube where the oxygen concentration is highest.
2: Obligate anaerobes are poisoned by oxygen, so they gather at the bottom of the tube where the oxygen concentration is lowest.
3: Facultative anaerobes can grow with or without oxygen because they can metabolise energy aerobically or anaerobically. They gather mostly at the top because aerobic respiration generates more ATP than either fermentation or anaerobic respiration.
4: Microaerophiles need oxygen because they cannot ferment or respire anaerobically. However, they are poisoned by high concentrations of oxygen. They gather in the upper part of the test tube but not the very top.
5: Aerotolerant organisms do not require oxygen as they metabolise energy anaerobically. Unlike obligate anaerobes however, they are not poisoned by oxygen. They can be found evenly spread throughout the test tube.
A facultative anaerobe is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation or anaerobic respiration if oxygen is absent.[1] An obligate aerobe, by contrast, cannot make ATP in the absence of oxygen, and obligate anaerobes die in the presence of oxygen.[2]
Some examples of facultatively anaerobic bacteria are Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp.,[3] Escherichia coli, Listeria spp.[4] and Shewanella oneidensis. Certain eukaryotes are also facultative anaerobes, including fungi such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae[5] and many aquatic invertebrates such as Nereid (worm) polychaetes.[6]
See also
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
- Fermentation
- Obligate aerobe
- Obligate anaerobe
- Microaerophile
References
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- Facultative Anaerobic Bacteria
- Obligate Anaerobic Bacteria
- Anaerobic Bacteria and Anaerobic Bacteria in the decomposition (stabilization) of organic matter.
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