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prototroph
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prototroph /pro·to·troph/ (pro´to-trōf) an organism with the same growth factor requirements as the ancestral strain; said of microbial mutants.prototroph´ic
pro·to·troph (prt-trf, -trf)
n.
A bacterial strain that has the same nutritional requirements as the wild type strain from which it was derived.
proto·trophic (-trfk, -trfk) adj.
prototroph [pro´to-trōf]
an organism with the same growth factor requirements as the ancestral strain; said of microbial mutants. adj., adj prototroph´ic.
prototroph
an organism with the same growth factor requirements as the ancestral strain; said of microbial mutants.
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