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General Microbiology & Immunology (PM 401) Second level Semester 4 2024/2025
2- Oxygen requirements
Types of microorganisms according to their oxygen requirements
1- Obligate aerobes
• Growth of microorganisms occurs only in the short distance to which the
oxygen diffuses into the medium.
• e.g Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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