Medical term:
auxotrophy
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.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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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