Peptone is used in nutrient media for growing bacteria and fungiMeat Peptone is used for routine and mass scale cultivation of organisms, which is utilized for the production of antibiotics, enzymes and vitamin production. It is also useful for the cultivation of a variety of microorganisms. Further, it is used in culture media, industry fermentation and the pharmaceutical industry.
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General Description
Peptone, from meat, is a growth-promoting nutrient used in bacteria and fungi cultures
Applications
It is commonly used in animal cell culture.
Peptone is used in mass scale organism cultivation, and fermentation processes
Peptone, from meat, is used as a supplement to in vitro culture media to help to increase cell number, specific monoclonal antibody production, and maintain long-term cultures
This compound has been used as a component in Ax-2 axenic medium to induce reproduction of Dictyostelium discoideum