anaerobes
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2: Obligate anaerobes are poisoned by oxygen, so they gather at the bottom of the tube where the oxygen concentration is lowest.
The least common were infections caused exclusively by anaerobes and facultative organisms.
Unlike obligate anaerobes however, they are not poisoned by oxygen.
Yeast species either require oxygen for aerobic cellular respiration ( obligate aerobes ) or are anaerobic, but also have aerobic methods of energy production ( facultative anaerobes ).