Auxotrophism

//ˌɔːksəˈtɹəʊfɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of auxotrophy.

    "The ability of most antitumor agents to act on the synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids extends to microbe cells, but sometimes it is manifested only under conditions of auxotrophism of microbes for the same metabolites that the preparations antagonize and of restriction on the number of these metabolites in the medium."

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"The ability of most antitumor agents to act on the synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids extends to microbe cells, but sometimes it is manifested only under conditions of auxotrophism of microbes for the same metabolites that the preparations antagonize and of restriction on the number of these metabolites in the medium."

Etymology

From auxo- + -trophism.

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