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Definition of Prototrophic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prototrophic
Literary usage of Prototrophic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"The prototrophic bacteria comprise those which, from a physiological ... From this
standpoint the prototrophic bacteria occupy a very important place in the ..."
2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"The prototrophic bacteria comprise those which, from a physiological ... From this
standpoint the prototrophic bacteria occupy a very important place in the ..."
3. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"An illuminating classification of bacteria has been based on their mode of life,
where three biologic groups may be recognized: the prototrophic, ..."
4. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"A bacterium feeding on carbon, as such, would be called prototrophic; ...
There are three groups of prototrophic bacteria in their relation to nitrogen—the ..."
5. The Structure and Functions of Bacteria by Alfred Fischer (1900)
"A better classification would be to divide the bacteria, according to their mode
of life, into three biological groups, prototrophic, ..."
6. Elements of Water Bacteriology: With Special Reference to Sanitary Water by Samuel Cate Prescott, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1913)
"Even these prototrophic or semi-prototrophic forms, however, require a definite
amount of food of their own kind. Kohn (1906) determined the minimal ..."
7. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1921)
"A bacterium feeding on carbon, as such, would be called prototrophic; ...
There are three groups of prototrophic bacteria in their relation to nitrogen—the ..."
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