Difference between Prototroph and Auxotroph
What is the difference between Prototroph and Auxotroph?
Prototroph as a noun is any microorganism that can synthesize its nutrients from inorganic material while Auxotroph as a noun is any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
Prototroph
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any microorganism that can synthesize its nutrients from inorganic material
Auxotroph
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
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