Prototroph
noun, Biology.
1.
a microorganism that has the same nutritional requirements as the parent organism.
Compare auxotroph.
2.
an organism or cell capable of synthesizing all its metabolites from inorganic material, requiring no organic nutrients.
prototroph pro·to·troph (prō’tə-trŏf’, -trōf’)
n.
A bacterial strain that has the same nutritional requirements as the wild type strain from which it was derived.
pro’to·troph’ic (-trŏf’ĭk, -trō’fĭk) adj.
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