Anaerobic

Anaerobic means "living without air", as opposed to aerobic which means "living in the presence of air".

Anaerobic may refer to:

• Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding agent that does not cure in the presence of air
• Anaerobic clarigester, a form of anaerobic digester
• Anaerobic contact process, a type of anaerobic digester
• Anaerobic digestion (AD), the naturally occurring process of anaerobic decomposition harnessed and contained to manage waste and/or release energy
• Anaerobic environment, an aquatic environment with little available oxygen - see Hypoxia (environmental)
• Anaerobic exercise, a form of exercise
• Anaerobic filter
• Anaerobic lagoon, used to dispose of animal waste, particularly that of cows and pigs
• Anaerobic organism, any organism whose redox metabolism does not depend on free oxygen
• Anaerobic respiration, respiration in the absence of oxygen, using some other molecule as the final electron acceptor
• Anaerobic ammonium oxidation, anammox, the microbial process combining ammonium and nitrite