English Explanatory Dictionary

prototrophism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Reversion to the growth factor requirements of an ancestral strain.
  2. The ability to obtain nourishment from a single source, such as iron, sulfur, or sunlight or to undergo anabolism.

Word forms

prototrophism

Etymology

From proto- + -trophism.

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