_______ Are Strains That Are Unable to Grow on a Minimal

question 43

Multiple Choice

_______ are strains that are unable to grow on a minimal medium that supports growth of the wild type strain,but are able to grow on the minimal medium if one or more nutritional supplements are added.

• A)Autotrophs
• B)Auxotrophs
• C)Prototrophs
• D)Minitrophs

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Additional Unit

The next unit of product or service that could be produced or acquired.

Decreasing-Cost Industry

An industry in which costs per unit of output decrease as the scale of production increases, often due to factors like improved technologies or economies of scale.

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Long-Run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and costs are variable, and firms make no economic profit or loss over time.