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| | Anaerobic Bacteria |
 | | Obligate anaerobes cannot survive in an oxygen environment because they lack sufficient levels of the enzymes that allow them to detoxify the super oxide ion (i.e., peroxidases, catalase, and most importantly, superoxide dismutase). |
 | | Anaerobic infection causes the formation of purulent abscesses. There is tissue breakdown, invasion by PMNs, and finally, the abscess is walled off. However, in the damaged and poorly oxygenated abscess tissue, the phagocytes are not able to eliminate the anaerobes. For this reason, abscesses usually have to be drained. |
 | | Anaerobes are exquisitely sensitive to this drug because it must be reduced to become a toxic compound that inhibits DNA synthesis. |
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