Question

A 67-year-old patient with severe sepsis undergoes a full infectious workup upon admittance to the intensive care unit. Cultures of urine, blood, sputum, and cerebral spinal fluid are obtained. The cultures do not yield a specific organism, so further analysis of the sample is done to determine the characteristics of the microorganism. The organism's metabolic processes are analyzed in the lab. The organism is found to grow throughout the entire tube of broth media. Which of the following terms best describes the oxygen requirement of this organism? a) Obligate aerobe b) Facultative anaerobe c) Obligate anaerobe d) Microaerophile

Answer 1

Answer: (D) Microaerophile.

This process could not take place without the oxygen, so the oxygen is required for this mentioned organism to process.