[awk-suh-trof, -trohf] 
| a mutant organism, esp. a microorganism, that has a nutritional requirement not shared by the parent organism. Compare prototroph (def. 1). |
| aux·o·troph·ic (ôk'sə-trŏf'ĭk, -trō'fĭk) adj. Requiring one or more specific substances for growth and metabolism that the parental organism was able to synthesize on its own. Used with respect to organisms, such as strains of bacteria, algae, or fungi, that can no longer synthesize certain growth factors because of mutational changes. [Greek auxein, to increase; see auxin + -trophic.] aux·ot'ro·phy (ôk-sŏt'rə-fē) n. |
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.
auxotrophic aux·o·troph·ic (awk-sō-trŏf'ĭk)
adj.
Requiring one or more specific substances for growth and metabolism that the parent organism was able to synthesize on its own. Used with respect to organisms, such as strains of bacteria, algae, or fungi, that can no longer synthesize certain growth factors because of mutational changes.
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