Definition of "oxic" [oxic]

• Sharp; pointy. (adjective)
• Containing oxygen. (adjective)

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• "The inability to use citrate as an energy source under oxic conditions has long been a defining characteristic of E. coli as a species (35, 36)."
• "The only known barrier to aerobic growth on citrate is its inability to transport citrate under oxic conditions (41 – 43)."
• "A more likely possibility, in our view, is that an existing transporter has been coopted for citrate transport under oxic conditions."