ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Auxotrophic

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Auxotrophic is an adjective meaning (biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself.

Meaning

(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mutants, auxotrophical, auxotropic, auxoheterotrophic, organotrophic, axonotrophic.

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