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An E. coli nutritional mutant described as an auxotroph requires minimal medium with supplementation of an organic component or inorganic ion for growth. See Section 8.1 (Page 144) .

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An E. coli nutritional mutant described as an auxotroph requires minimal medium with supplementation of an organic component or inorganic ion for growth.

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A mutant strain is those which proliferate only when the medium is supplemented with specific substances not require by wild type organisms.

E.coli mutant auxotroph require minimal media supplemented with organic components or inorganic ions.

Auxotroph are the strains that are unable to synthesise particular organic components for growth.