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Peptone water

Peptone water

Microbial growth medium

Peptone water is a microbial growth medium composed of peptic digest of animal tissue and sodium chloride. The pH of the medium is 7.2±0.2 at 25 °C and is rich in tryptophan.[1] Peptone water is also a non-selective broth medium which can be used as a primary enrichment medium for the growth of bacteria.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Peptone Water | Data Sheet" (PDF). HIMEDIALabs. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. [2]
    Baird, R. M.; Corry, J. E. L.; Curtis, G. D. W. (23 April 1996). Pharmacopoeia of Culture Media for Food Microbiology. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier Science. p. 66. ISBN 9780080530123. OCLC 162705546.
  3. [3]
    Sandle, Tim (18 June 2014). "Assessment of Culture Media in Pharmaceutical Microbiology". American Pharmaceutical Review. Retrieved 8 May 2022.


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