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Prototrophic

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:21 ptsWWF:23 pts12 letters

Definition of Prototrophic

adjective

  1. Having the same metabolic capabilities and nutritional requirements as the wild type parent strain.

    "prototrophic bacteria."

  2. Of or pertaining to a prototroph or to prototrophy

noun

  1. Requiring for growth only simple inorganic substances, as carbon dioxid and ammonia or nitrous acid and a few mineral salts: a term used by A. Fischer to designate a group of nitrifying bacteria characterized by a very primitive metabolism. Compare metatrophic and paratrophic.

Anagrams of Prototrophic

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "prototrophic":

11-LETTER WORDS

phototropic

10-LETTER WORDS

prototroph

9-LETTER WORDS

octothorporthoptic

7-LETTER WORDS

porticoproctortrophic

Related Word Patterns

PR...Words starting with "pr"...ICWords ending with "ic"All 12-letter wordsUnscramble "prototrophic"

Rhyming Words

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