Product description

Peptones are a water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids which are widely used as substrate in many biological and biotechnological applications, such as in microbial biomass production. The product is a brownish yellow to brown homogenous free flowing powder, having characteristic odor of protein. The peptones available for culture media may be in the form of gels and liquids.

Product application

Peptone favors the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms. In industrial fermentation media, fish peptone is suited for the growth of Lactobacillus, Escherichia, yeast etc. In diagnostic media it is particularly well suited for cultures of Staphylococcus aureus. Peptones are also used in tissue culture media as well as in vaccine stabilizers. Fish hydrolysates can be also used as a source of amino acids in plant foliar fertilizers.

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Peptones are primarily obtained from the products of bovine or porcine origin, such as meat, internal organs, gelatin, and milk, but also from plants and yeasts. Fish peptone is obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of fish flour or fish by-products.

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