prototrophic
/ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk/ /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/Biology
adjective
Of a microorganism: able to grow in a simple artificial medium without the specific supplementary nutrition required by an auxotrophic counterpart, especially as a result of genetic reversion to the wild-type condition.
Origin
Early 20th century (in an earlier sense). From proto- + -trophic.
- miner
- minera
- mineragrapher
- mineragraphic
- mineragraphy
- mineral
- mineral acid
- mineral alkali
- mineral blue
- mineral coal
- mineral dresser
- mineral dressing
- mineral fiber
- mineral fibre
- mineral gray
- mineral green
- mineral grey
- mineralise
- mineralist
- minerality
- mineralizable
- mineralization
- mineralize
- mineralizer
- mineral jelly