səˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf noun Biology.
a mutant organism, especially a microorganism, that has a nutritional requirement not shared by the parent organism. Compare prototroph ( def 1 ).
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| —n | |
| a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism | |
| auxo'trophic | |
| —adj | |
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auxotroph aux·o·troph (ôk'sə-trŏf', -trōf')
n.
A mutated microorganism having nutritional requirements that differ from those of unmutated microorganisms from the same strain.
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