tryptone
noun1
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The 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:
- Derived terms
- bactotryptone