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anoxybiosisAnoxybiosis (ger.)

  • The slowdown of life processes due to a lack of oxygen.
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    1959

    Under natural conditions anoxybiosis is brought about by micro-organisms which use oxygen for their metabolism and thus remove it from the surrounding medium, as, for instance, in the case of plant seeds deeply buried in soil.

    Keilin, D. (1959). The Leeuwenhoek lecture – the problem of anabiosis or latent life: history and current concept. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 150, 149-191: 167.