# facultative anaerobic organism

> organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present. They carryout aerobic respiration when oxygen is available but switch to anaerobic catabolism (e.g. alcoholic fermentation) when deprived of oxygen.

**Wikidata**: [Q1091848](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1091848)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facultative_anaerobic_organism)  
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