Auxotrophy

Broader Terms

Thymine auxotrophy is associated with increased UV sensitivity in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
Natural auxotrophy is not associated with mutators or hot spots.
This sac1-associated inositol auxotrophy is not manifested by measurable defects in de novo inositol biosynthesis, nor is it the result of some obvious defect in the ability of sac1 mutants to utilize inositol for phosphatidylinositol biosynthesis.
(awk-SAH-truh-fee) Auxotrophy is a condition in which an organism, typically a yeast or fungus, requires a nutrient that its parent strain does not need.
Our results suggest that methionine auxotrophy is a metabolic defect that is not related to the cellular glutathione status, but may be related to the intracellular distribution between free and protein-bound forms of other thiols as cysteine and homocysteine.

Would you like to discuss or post question about Auxotrophy ? Click here !