auxotrophy

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Definition of auxotrophy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

(uncountable, usually)The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.

“There are reasons for believing that the mutation rates to auxotrophy are in general higher than the rates to prototrophy.”

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From auxo- + -trophy.

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