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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