- monoauxotroph
- A mutant microorganism that requires a particular nutrient that is not required by the wild-type organism. Cf.:auxotroph, polyauxotroph.
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monoauxotroph
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auxotroph — A mutant microorganism that requires some nutrient that is not required by the organism (prototroph) from which the mutant was derived. Cf.:polyauxotroph, monoauxotroph. [auxo + G. trophe, nourishment] * * * auxo·troph .trōf, .träf … Medical dictionary
polyauxotroph — A mutant organism that requires several nutrients that are not required by the wild type organism. Cf.:auxotroph, monoauxotroph. * * * poly·auxo·troph (pol″e awkґso trōf) [poly + auxo + trophic] an organism, especially a mutant, which… … Medical dictionary
