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A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not require any additional growth supplement is known as

a)

Phenotype

b)

Holotype

c)

Auxotroph

d)

Prototroph



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A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not require any additional growth supplement is known as

a)

Phenotype

b)

Holotype

c)

Auxotroph

d)

Prototroph

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Answer Key / Explanation : (d) -

(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.

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