A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not require any additional growth supplement is known as |
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a) |
Phenotype |
b) |
Holotype |
c) |
Auxotroph |
d) |
Prototroph |
A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not require any additional growth supplement is known as |
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a) |
Phenotype |
b) |
Holotype |
c) |
Auxotroph |
d) |
Prototroph |
(d) An organism (such as bacterium) that will grow in a minimal medium is called a prototroph, while a ‘mutant’ of it that will not grow on a minimal medium but requires the addition of some compound like an amino acid or vitamin is called auxotroph. |