An organism that does not use oxygen in its metabolic pathways but can survive in its presence is a(n)________.

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An aerotolerant anaerobe is an organism that can survive in the presence of oxygen but does not use it in its metabolic pathways. It is different from obligate aerobes that require oxygen for their survival, faculative anaerobes that can use oxygen but can also survive without it and also from obligate anaerobes that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.

An Organism That Does Not Use Oxygen in Its Metabolic