Bacterium that needs oxygen
The crossword clue "Bacterium that needs oxygen" is answered by AEROBE, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AEROBE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AEROBE answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AEROBE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AEROBE, most used first.
- Oxygen-dependent organism - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Oxygen-dependent bacterium - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Oxygen-thriving organism - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bacteriologist's study - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Organism needing oxygen - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "Cut that out!" - STOPIT, used 47 times
- Be that as it may - EVENSO, used 30 times
- From that place - THENCE, used 29 times
- Appear that way - SEEMTO, used 24 times
- Infuse with oxygen - AERATE, used 22 times
- "Amen to that!" - IAGREE, used 20 times
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