tryptone

English

Noun

tryptone (countable and uncountable, plural tryptones)

1. (biochemistry) The assortment of peptides formed by the digestion of casein by trypsin, a protease. Often used in the preparation of lysogeny broth.
   • 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:

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

Derived terms

• bactotryptone