Anaerobic Bacteria Count

Anaerobic bacteria are dominant in the bacterial flora of normal skin and mucous membranes. Infections caused by anaerobic bacteria are very common and can be serious or life-threatening. Anaerobic bacteria are difficult to isolate and are often overlooked. Their treatment requires proper collection, transport, and cultivation methods. Anaerobic bacteria do not multiply in the presence of oxygen, however, they exhibit significant differences in the lethal effect of oxygen.

Infections caused by anaerobic bacteria can be serious and life-threatening. Anaerobes are predominant components of the bacterial flora of normal human skin and mucous membranes. Delay in appropriate treatment often leads to clinical failures. Its isolation requires appropriate methods for collecting, transporting and cultivating specimens. Treatment is complicated by the slow growth of these organisms, the polymicrobial nature of the infection, and the increased antimicrobial resistance of the organisms.

The broad classification of bacteria as anaerobic, aerobic or optional is based on the types of reactions they use to generate energy for growth and other activities. In the metabolism of energy-containing compounds, aerobes need molecular oxygen and cannot grow in its absence. Anaerobes cannot grow in the presence of oxygen. Oxygen is toxic to them.

Several studies show that aerobes can only survive in the presence of oxygen thanks to an elaborate defense system. Obligate anaerobes, which live only in the absence of oxygen, do not have the defenses that enable aerobic life and therefore cannot survive in the air.

In the test, analysis, measurement and evaluation studies carried out in our organization, national and international standards and applicable legal regulations are complied with and reliable and impartial results are obtained. Anaerobic bacteria counting services are among the numerous tests carried out in this context.