tryptone

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noun

The assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.

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Meanings

nountryptone (countable and uncountable, plural tryptones)

plural tryptones

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryThe assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.

    Cells were grown from an overnight culture in tryptone broth at 30°C and then harvested.

    2000 March 3, Philippe Cluzel et al., “An Ultrasensitive Bacterial Motor Revealed by Monitoring Signaling Proteins in Single Cells”, in Science, volume 287, number 5458, →DOI, pages 1652–1655
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