单词 | auxotroph |
释义 | auxotroph[ awk-suh-trof, -trohf ] / ˈɔk səˌtrɒf, -ˌtroʊf / noun Biology.a mutant organism, especially a microorganism, that has a nutritional requirement not shared by the parent organism.Compare prototroph (def. 1). Origin of auxotroph1950–55; back formation from auxotrophic;see auxo-, trophic OTHER WORDS FROM auxotrophaux·o·troph·ic, adjectiveWords nearby auxotrophauxocardia, auxochrome, auxocyte, auxospore, auxotonic, auxotroph, auxotrophic, Av, ava, avadavat, avail Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for auxotrophauxotroph / (ˈɔːksətrəʊf) / nouna mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism Derived forms of auxotrophauxotrophic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for auxotrophauxotroph [ ôk′sə-trŏf′, -trōf′ ] n.A mutated microorganism having nutritional requirements that differ from those of unmutated microorganisms from the same strain. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。