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PROTOTROPHY - Auxotrophy (Ancient Greek: "to increase"; "nourishment") is the inability of an organism to synthesize a particular organic compound required for i...
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Auxotrophy (Ancient Greek: "to increase"; "nourishment") is the inability of an organism to synthesize a particular organic compound required for its growth (as defined by IUPAC). 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. * Prototrophic cells (also referred to as the 'wild type') are self sufficient producers of required amino acids, while auxotrophs require to be on medium with the amino acid that they cannot produce. It is a term generally used in relation to something, for example saying a cell is methionine auxotrophic means that it would need to be on a medium containing methionine or else it would not be able to replicate. In this example this is because it is unable to produce its own methionine (methionine auxotroph). However, a prototroph or a methionine prototrophic cell would be ab |