0 a microorganism (= a very small living thing such as a bacterium) that grows in air or needs oxygen to live: --
antibacterial agents that are active against a variety of aerobes
The microbe is strictly aerobe (no reduction of nitrate) and oxidase-positive.
All species are aerobe and found in water.
Enterococci are aerobes.
Anaerobic bacteria are involved in about 90% of cases, with about half of these mixed with aerobes.
The infection is often produced by both aerobes and anaerobes from the genital tract.