Burton's Microbiology for the Health Sciences 9th Edition by Janet Duben-Engelkirk, Paul Engelkirk

Exercise 5

An organism that does not require oxygen, grows better in the absence of oxygen, but can survive in atmospheres containing some molecular oxygen is known as a(n) :
a. aerotolerant anaerobe.
b. capnophile.
c. facultative anaerobe.
d. microaerophile