What Is Microaerophilic Conditions?

[mi″kro-ar″o-fil´ik] requiring oxygen for growth but at lower concentration than is present in the atmosphere; said of bacteria.

What is microaerophilic?

: requiring very little free oxygen microaerophilic bacteria.

Which bacteria function under microaerophilic conditions?

Campylobacter jejuni is a classical microaerophilic bacterium that conforms to this definition; it has been shown to require small amounts of oxygen for growth, possibly as it relies on a single NrdAB-type ribonucleotide reductase for DNA synthesis (Sellars et al., 2002) yet fully aerobic conditions are growth ...