Actinomyces spp., Bifidobacterium spp., and Clostridium spp. can be described as:
a. aerotolerant organisms that can grow in the presence of either reduced or atmos-pheric oxygen but grow best under mi-croaerobic conditions.
b. strictly anaerobic organisms that cannot grow in the presence of either reduced or atmospheric oxygen but grow only under anaerobic conditions.
c. aerotolerant organisms that can grow in the presence of either reduced or atmos-pheric oxygen but grow best under anae-robic conditions.
d. facultatively anaerobic organisms that grow in the presence or absence of at-mospheric oxygen.
C
Chapter 40 includes some aerotolerant organisms, such as Actinomyces spp., Bifidobacterium spp., and Clostridium spp. that can grow in the presence of either reduced or atmospheric oxygen but grow best under anaerobic conditions.
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