a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism
Derived forms
auxotrophic (ˌauxoˈtrophic)
adjective
Examples of 'auxotroph' in a sentence
auxotroph
The newly-generated auxotroph can serve as a traceable marker for the integration.
Peter W Daniels, Anuradha Mukherjee, Alastair SH Goldman, Bin Hu 2018, 'A set of novel CRISPR-based integrative vectors for Saccharomyces cerevisiae [version1; referees: 2 approved]', Wellcome Open Researchhttps://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/3-72/v1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A large percentage of phytoplankton species are auxotroph for one or more vitamins.
Puja Tandon, Qiang Jin, Limin Huang 2017, 'A promising approach to enhance microalgae productivity by exogenous supply of vitamins',Microbial Cell Factorieshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0834-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Studies with amino acid-restricted media identify this mutant as a methionine auxotroph.
Andrew H. Lee, Satish K. Dhingra, Ian A. Lewis, Maneesh K. Singh, Amila Siriwardana,Seema Dalal, Kelly Rubiano, Matthias S. Klein, Katelynn S. Baska, Sanjeev Krishna,Michael Klemba, Paul D. Roepe, Manuel Llinás, Celia R. S. Garcia, David A. Fidock 2018, 'Evidence for Regulation of Hemoglobin Metabolism and Intracellular Ionic Flux by thePlasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-31715-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)