microaerophilia

From micro- +‎ aero- +‎ -philia.

microaerophilia (uncountable)

1. An environment low in oxygen
   • 2015 July 7, Liliana Berrocal et al., “stg fimbrial operon from S. Typhi STH2370 contributes to association and cell disruption of epithelial and macrophage-like cells”, in Biological Research‎^[1], volume 48, →DOI:

     Bacteria were grown in microaerophilia as previously described in static conditions to an OD 600 = 0.2 prior to being added to macrophages at a MOI of 100:1.

2. The condition of being microaerophilic

• microaerophile
• microaerophilic