auxotrophy

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The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation

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auxotrophic
Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
auxotrophic
(Biyoloji) A mutant organism that requires a particular additional nutrient which the normal strain does not