I have heard that certain kinds of microorganisms are very sensitive to oxygen and grow only anaerobic conditions. On the contrary, normal, vascularized tissues are hostile environments for such anaerobic microbes which, however, can selectively proliferate in the hypoxic regions of tumors, destroy cancer cells and feed on the debris, that's very interesting and I'm eager to know how?
A Very interesting question indeed. My answer to this is
Anaerobic bacteria can be used to carry the antibiotics or anti cancer reagents to the hypoxic, low pH and microenvironments inside the cancerous tissue has been instrumental in generating some interest in anaerobic bacteria
I have noted these observations in My editorial. Please go through the editorial to find some cross references about what you want to know
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