What does prototrophy mean?
Prototrophy means The condition of being a prototroph.
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The condition of being a prototroph.
Spontaneous mutations in bacteria are generally reversible. Consequently, in a medium where prototrophy confers no selective advantage, various auxotrophs (and other mutant types) should accumulate until for each type the number is such that the loss- by mutation to prototrophy should equal the gain by mutation to the corresponding auxotrophic condition.
The pyrG inserted into the gene replacement cassette was amplified from pCDA21 plasmid [40 ] and was used to generate a marker for prototrophy in the mutant strain.
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Prototrophy means The condition of being a prototroph.
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Spontaneous mutations in bacteria are generally reversible. Consequently, in a medium where prototrophy confers no selective advantage, various auxotrophs (and other mutant types) should accumulate until for each type the number is such that the loss- by mutation to prototrophy should equal the gain by mutation to the corresponding auxotrophic condition.
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