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Meaning of "auxotroph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUXOTROPH

ˈɔːksətrəʊf


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUXOTROPH

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Auxotroph is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AUXOTROPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Auxotrophy

Auxotrophy is the inability of an organism to synthesize a particular organic compound required for its growth. An auxotroph is an organism that displays this characteristic; auxotrophic is the corresponding adjective. Auxotrophy is the opposite of prototrophy, which is characterized by the ability to synthesize all the compounds needed for growth. The method of replica plating implemented by Esther Lederberg included auxotrophs that were temperature-sensitive; that is, their ability to synthesize was temperature-dependent. Multiple auxotrophs can also coexist at the same time, within the same organism. In genetics, a strain is said to be auxotrophic if it carries a mutation that renders it unable to synthesize an essential compound. For example, a yeast mutant with an inactivated uracil synthesis pathway gene is a uracil auxotroph. Such a strain is unable to synthesize uracil and will only be able to grow if uracil can be taken up from the environment. This is the opposite of a uracil prototroph, or in this case a wild-type strain, which can still grow in the absence of uracil.

Definition of auxotroph in the English dictionary

The definition of auxotroph in the dictionary is a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUXOTROPH

autotroph · biotroph · chemautotroph · chemoautotroph · chemoautroph · chemoheterotroph · chemolithotroph · limitrophe · necrotroph · photoautotroph · saprotroph

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUXOTROPH

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WORDS THAT END LIKE AUXOTROPH

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Synonyms and antonyms of auxotroph in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «auxotroph» into 25 languages

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营养缺陷型
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auxotroph
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auxotroph
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auxotroph
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عوني التغذي
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ауксотроф
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auxotrofo
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auxotroph
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auxotrophe
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Auxotroph
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Auxotroph
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栄養要求株
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영양 요
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Auxotroph
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auxotroph
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auxotroph
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Auxotroph
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auxotroph
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auxotroph
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auxotroph
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ауксотрофи
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auxotroph
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αυξότροφος
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auxotroph
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auxotrof
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auxotrof
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about auxotroph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUXOTROPH»

Discover the use of auxotroph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to auxotroph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microbial Genetics
If colonies also grow on minimal agar, the bacterium is a prototroph; if no colonies grow on the minimal agar, it is an auxotroph that requires some substance that is absent in the minimal agar. Minimal plates are then prepared with various ...
Stanley R. Maloy, John E. Cronan, David Freifelder, 1994
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Methods in Plant Cell Biology
Table I Complementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants by Arabidopsis thaliana cDNAs S. cerevisiae mutant Function/phenotype Complementation Reference ural Uracil auxotroph + Minet et al., 1992 ura2 Uracil auxotroph + Minet et ...
David W. Galbraith, Hans J. Bohnert, Don P. Bourque, 1995
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Essential Fungal Genetics
The same logic applies to reverse mutations from auxotrophy to prototrophy. These mutations can be detected readily simply by plating spores of the auxotroph at high density on minimal medium. Reverse mutation (or reversion) to prototrophy ...
David Moore, LilyAnn Novak Frazer, 2002
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Objective Botany
It was found that the auxotroph A harbours a bacteriophage. The phage DNA is permanently carried by the bacterium and this phenomenon is called lysogeny. Such phages are called temperate phages. The non-infective viral genome ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
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Branched-Chain Amino Acids—Advances in Research and ...
auxotroph. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering — Researchers detail new data in Essential Amino Acids. According to news reporting originating in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, by VerticalNews  ...
‎2013
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Enhancing Biocontrol Agents and Handling Risks
The auxotroph is seeded into media lacking the amino acid required for growth. Suhsequent growth of the auxotroph in the media is dependent upon and proportional to the quantity of added amino acid. For example, in order to assay valine, ...
Maurizio Vurro, 2001
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Protein Engineering and Design
In VIVo seleCTions auxOtrOph cOmplementatiOn The implementation of genetic selections in biocatalyst optimization has proven difficult. The most common examples involve auxotroph complementation, in which the enzymatic activity of  ...
Sheldon J. Park, Jennifer R. Cochran, 2009
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Variation, Senescence, and Neoplasia in Cultured Somatic Cells
Subsequently, the auxotroph enrichment technique was combined with chemical mutagenesis to obtain variant hamster clones unable to survive in the absence of other metabolites such as inositol, hypoxanthine, or glycine, or in the absence ...
John W. Littlefield, 1976
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Extremophiles Handbook: ...
PyrF+ DOUBLE-crossover transformation; 5-FOAR counter-selection Target pyrF Transforming DNA Target T. kod. KU216 (Δ pyrF) Intermediate strain retains target gene (uracil auxotroph; 5-FOAR) Procedure 1 Target ...
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Cracking the SAT II Biology E/M Subject Test: 2005-2006
So an auxotroph is an organism that requires supplementary nutrition. Most bacteria are not auxotrophs and are referred to as wild type. These bacteria are perfectly capable of synthesizing all the building blocks they need in terms of nutrition, ...
Princeton Review, Judene Wright, 2005

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUXOTROPH»

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UC Berkeley researchers use 'secret code' to 'lock' genetically …
The final E. coli organism is called a synthetic auxotroph — a life form engineered so that it cannot grow unless supplemented with a particular ... «Daily Californian, Jun 15»
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Tumor-Targeting Mutant of Salmonella Typhimurium Treats Mouse …
... Salmonella typhimurium leucine-arginine auxotroph cures orthotopic human breast tumors in nude mice. Cancer Res. 2006, 66, 7647-7652. «News-Medical.net, Jun 15»
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Scientists Use Molecular 'Lock and Key' for Potential Control of GMOs
The technique turns the bacteria into a synthetic auxotroph, an organism modified to require a particular compound for its growth. It could ... «Scicasts, Jun 15»
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Biological safety lock for genetically modified organisms
Church determined that another key to making a successful "synthetic auxotroph" was to ensure that the E. coli's lives depended on the artificial ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»
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Snowdrift game dynamics and facultative cheating in yeast
In addition, the cooperator strain in our experiments is a histidine auxotroph; therefore, limiting the histidine concentration in the media slows ... «Nature.com, Apr 09»
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