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auxotropic

auxotropic is the misspelling of auxotrophic.

Meaning of auxotrophic

Adjective

auxotrophic (comparative more auxotrophic, superlative most auxotrophic)

  1. Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself

Questions about auxotropic

What is auxotropic the misspelling of?
Auxotropic is the misspelling of auxotrophic.

Words near auxotropic in the dictionary

  1. auxotrophies
  2. auxotrophism
  3. auxotrophisms
  4. auxotrophs
  5. auxotrophy
  6. auxotropic
  7. auxotropy
  8. auxotype
  9. auxotyped
  10. auxotypes
  11. auxotyping

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