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auxotropy

auxotropy is the misspelling of auxotrophy.

Meaning of auxotrophy

Noun

auxotrophy (usually uncountable, plural auxotrophies)

  1. (usually) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
    • There are reasons for believing that the mutation rates to auxotrophy are in general higher than the rates to prototrophy.1951 March, K. C. Atwood, “Periodic Selection in Escherichia Coli”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 37, number 3, page 146

Questions about auxotropy

What is auxotropy the misspelling of?
Auxotropy is the misspelling of auxotrophy.

Words near auxotropy in the dictionary

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

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