Aerobic

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Pertaining to, taking place in, or caused by the presence of oxygen.

In biochemistry, reactions that need oxygen to happen or happen when oxygen is present.

Aerobic means living in air. Aerobic can also describe a type of cellular respiration in which foodstuffs (usually carbohydrates) are completely oxidized into carbon dioxide and water with the production of chemical energy, in a process requiring atmospheric oxygen.