Q. A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not required any additional growth supplement is known as
A) Phenotype
B) Holotype
C) Auxotroph
D) Prototroph
Explanation
An organism (such as bacterium) that will grow on a minimal medium (means having no specific nutritional requirement) 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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