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Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itselfSee Also: auxotroph, auxotrophy
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auxotrophic — [ôk΄sə träf′ik] adj. 〚< Gr auxein, to increase + TROPHIC〛 designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme auxotroph [ôk′səträf΄] n. *… … Universalium
auxotrophic — [ôk΄sə träf′ik] adj. [< Gr auxein, to increase + TROPHIC] designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme auxotroph [ôk′səträf΄] n … English World dictionary
auxotrophic — adjective Etymology: Greek auxein to increase + o + English trophic Date: 1944 requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism and reproduction by the parental or wild type strain < auxotrophic … New Collegiate Dictionary
auxotrophic — Pertaining to an auxotroph. * * * auxo·tro·phic .ȯk sə trō fik adj requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism and reproduction of the parental or wild type strain <auxotrophic bacterial mutants> … Medical dictionary
auxotrophic mutation — auxotrophic mutation. См. ауксотрофная мутация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
auxotrophic mutation — auksotrofinė mutacija statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Geninė (biotechninė) mutacija, pasireiškianti padidėjusiu mutanto tam tikrų augimo veiksnių poreikiu. atitikmenys: angl. auxotrophic mutation rus. ауксотрофная мутация … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
auxotrophic — auxo·tro·phic … English syllables
auxotrophic — … Useful english dictionary
auxotrophic mutation — a mutation resulting in the inability of bacteria to grow on minimal media … Medical dictionary
auxotroph — auxotrophic, adj. /awk seuh trof , trohf /, n. Biol. a mutant organism, esp. a microorganism, that has a nutritional requirement not shared by the parent organism. Cf. prototroph (def. 1). [1950 55; back formation from auxotrophic; see AUXO ,… … Universalium
