English Explanatory Dictionary

prototroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any microorganism that can synthesize its nutrients from inorganic material

Word forms

prototroph prototrophs

Etymology

From proto- + -troph.

Related words

prototrophic prototrophy

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