ANAËROBIA

{ ‖An‐a′ër‐o″bi‐a (?), An‐a″ër‐obes (?) }, n. pl. [[NL. anaerobia; an-not + aëro- + Gr.� life.]] (Bacteriol.) Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaërobia when they thrive only in its absence.