Why would facultative anaerobes "want to" use oxygen if it is available, especially since it using oxygen results in toxic waste products?
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7. Why do you think all bacteria are not facultative? 8. Facultative anaerobes can grow doing respiration (using oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor) or grow doing fermentation (using organic molecules as the terminal electron acceptor). Why do they always use respiration when both oxygen and organic molecules are available?
Why are anaerobes killed when exposed to oxygen? Because when exposed to oxygen they can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS They produce catalase but not superoxide dismutase They cannot produce catalase and superoxide dismutase. They produce catalase and superoxide dismutase
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