Medical term:
auxotroph
auxotroph
[awk´so-trōf]an auxotrophic organism.
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aux·o·troph
(awk'sō-trōf),A mutant microorganism that requires some nutrient that is not normally required by the organism (prototroph) from which the mutant was derived. Compare: polyauxotroph, monoauxotroph.
[auxo- + G. trophē, nourishment]
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auxotroph
(ôk′sə-trŏf, -trōf′)n.
An organism, such as a strain of bacteria, that has lost the ability to synthesize certain substances required for its growth and metabolism as the result of mutational changes.
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aux·o·troph
(awk'sō-trōf)A mutant microorganism that requires some nutrient that is not required by the organism (prototroph) from which the mutant was derived.
[auxo- + G. trophē, nourishment]
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auxotroph
a mutant strain of a microorganism that requires growth factors, for example AMINO ACIDS, in addition to those required by the WILD TYPE and therefore will not grow on MINIMAL MEDIUM which will support the growth of the wild type.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
auxotrophic
[awk″so-trof´ik]1. requiring a growth factor not required by the parental or prototype strain; said of microbial mutants.
2. requiring specific organic growth factors in addition to the carbon source present in a minimal medium.
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aux·o·tro·phic
(awk'sō-trof'ik, -trō'fik),Pertaining to an auxotroph.
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aux·o·tro·phic
(awk'sō-trō'fik)Pertaining to an auxotroph.
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