auxotrophic

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auxotrophic

adjective more auxotrophic · most auxotrophic

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

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@misc{auxotrophic_2026,
  title = {auxotrophic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auxotrophic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}