{"id":3196,"date":"2020-02-05T05:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2023-09-20T04:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T04:46:49","slug":"facultative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/facultative\/","title":{"rendered":"Facultative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Voluntary; possessing the power to do or not to do a thing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Capable of existing under different conditions, as a microorganism that can exist in either aerobic or anaerobic conditions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(Of life form or habitat requirement) occasional or incidental, as opposed to obligatory or necessary.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Able to adjust to different environments or conditions (e.g., facultative anaerobe, organism that normally lives without air but can survive in air).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Describing an organism that is not restricted to one way of life. 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