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:10.1126/science.287.5458.1652, pages 1652-1655:

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