Prototrophic

adj

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to a prototroph or to prototrophy.
"The first two, fast-growing species, were found to be more prototrophic than the last two, slowly growing species."

Example

"The first two, fast-growing species, were found to be more prototrophic than the last two, slowly growing species."

Etymology

From prototroph + -ic.

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