It is important to realize that the AFB bacteria is a facultative anaerobic organism. In practice it means that it is only harmful in conditions with low or no oxygen. They grow inside a biofilm, in which such an anaerobic situation is present, protected from the influences of the environment outside. Many bacterial pathogens are of this type.
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