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Definition of Auxotroph
1. Noun. Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Auxotroph
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Medical Definition of Auxotroph
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Auxotroph
Literary usage of Auxotroph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Memoirs by Caroline K. McEuen, National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff (1980)
"In 1961 Gorini, Gundersen, and Berger noticed the peculiarity that an arginine
auxotroph in the presence of a streptomycin-resistant mutation could be ..."
2. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"... fragments of the Salmonella typhimurium genome upstream of a promoterless purA
gene in a purine auxotroph and injected the resulting library into mice, ..."
3. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"Sexual crosses of Gaeumannomyces graminis based on use of an auxotroph obtained
by transformation. Exp. Mycol. 55:-. HENSON, JM 1992. ..."
4. Biotechnology: Gene Gun/Biolistic Technology: Bibliograhpy, January 1987 by Kim Guenther (1994)
"Examination of randomly selected transformants by biolistics showed that 15 to
40% were stable, depending on the recipient auxotroph, with integrative ..."
5. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Ustilago zeae; Plasmids; Recombination; Mutants;
Genetic transformation Abstract: Transformation of a leul auxotroph of ..."
6. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"Chattopadhyay P, Banerjee SK, Sen K, Chakrabarti P. Lipid profiles of Aspergillus
niger and its unsaturated fatty acid auxotroph, ..."
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