facultative
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As a facultative anaerobic bacterium, it thrives in both oxygen rich and oxygen poor environments, allowing it to multiply inside the oxygen deprived regions commonly found within tumors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Certain temperature conditions may foster all-female populations, which can be overcome through facultative parthenogenesis," he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023
Animals that exhibit facultative migration can choose to migrate or not.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
On the issue of facultative reinsurance, whereby it insures bundles of risk in a job lot, Swiss Re said it expected to finalise a policy for the oil and gas sector in 2023.
From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2022
The greater number of the organisms are facultative anærobes and oxygen is not necessary. 32Again, koumiss put up in bottles on the first day is regularly shaken although air is excluded.
From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Loudon Douglas
