- auxotrophic organism
- ауксотрофный организм
Англо-русский медицинский словарь. 2012.
auxotrophic organism
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auxotrophic — [ôk΄sə träf′ik] adj. 〚< Gr auxein, to increase + TROPHIC〛 designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme auxotroph [ôk′səträf΄] n. *… … Universalium
auxotrophic — [ôk΄sə träf′ik] adj. [< Gr auxein, to increase + TROPHIC] designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme auxotroph [ôk′səträf΄] n … English World dictionary
auxotrophic — adjective Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself See Also: auxotroph, auxotrophy … Wiktionary
organism — Any living individual, whether plant or animal, considered as a whole. calculated mean o. (CMO) a hypothetical o. whose characters are the means of both the positive and negative characters of the organisms which belong to the same taxon as the… … Medical dictionary
auxotroph — A mutant microorganism that requires some nutrient that is not required by the organism (prototroph) from which the mutant was derived. Cf.:polyauxotroph, monoauxotroph. [auxo + G. trophe, nourishment] * * * auxo·troph .trōf, .träf … Medical dictionary
auxotroph — auxotrophic, adj. /awk seuh trof , trohf /, n. Biol. a mutant organism, esp. a microorganism, that has a nutritional requirement not shared by the parent organism. Cf. prototroph (def. 1). [1950 55; back formation from auxotrophic; see AUXO ,… … Universalium
Auxotrophy — 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… … Wikipedia
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strain — 1. A population of homogeneous organisms possessing a set of defined characteristics; in bacteriology, the set of descendants that retains the characteristics of the ancestor; members of a s. that subsequently differ from the original isolate are … Medical dictionary
Monoclonal antibodies — A general representation of the methods used to produce monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies (mAb or moAb) are monospecific antibodies that are the same because they are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique… … Wikipedia
Adaptive mutation — Evolutionary theory describes that mutagenesis occurs randomly, regardless of the utility of a genetic mutation to the organism. If it is beneficial or neutral, the organism will survive to reproduce and pass on the mutation. However, molecular… … Wikipedia
