A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not required any additional growth supplement is known as:

A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not required any additional growth supplement is known as:
  1. phenotype
  2. holotype
  3. auxotroph
  4. prototroph.

Solution

Wild-type bacteria are prototrophic i.e., they can produce colonies on minimal medium (a solution containing only inorganic salts, a source of energy such as a sugar, and water). From these simple substances, the bacteria synthesize all the molecules of life. Auxotrophs are organisms that are unable to produce a particular organic compound required for their growth. Related Theory Auxotrophic mutants are a special case of conditional lethal mutants, in which the condition is presence or absence of a specific nutrient in the media.

Asked in: NEET 2004

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