Medical term:

prototroph


prototroph

 [pro´to-trōf]
an organism with the same growth factor requirements as the ancestral strain; said of microbial mutants. adj., adj prototroph´ic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

pro·to·troph

(prō'tō-trof, -trōf),
A bacterial strain that has the same nutritional requirements as the wild-type strain from which it was derived.
See also: wild-type strain.
[proto- + G. trophē, nourishment]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

pro·to·troph

(prō'tō-trōf)
A bacterial strain that has the same nutritional requirements as the wild-type strain from which it was derived.
[proto- + G. trophē, nourishment]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

prototroph

a strain of an organism that does not possess growth requirements in excess of those of the wild type.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005


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