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peptone
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peptone [′pep‚tōn]
(biochemistry)
A water-soluble mixture of proteoses and amino acids derived from albumin, meat, or milk; used as a nutrient and to prepare nutrient media for bacteriology.


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To detect glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE), each carcass was placed in a bag with 100 mL sterile buffered peptone water and shaken vigorously for 60 sec.
The samples were first pre-enriched in buffered peptone water (BPW) (Oxoid, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK) overnight at 37[degrees]C, after which 1 mL of this suspension was added to 9 mL oftetrathionate brilliant green broth (Oxoid) (enrichment).
London, England) containing 10% sheep blood and stored frozen at -70[degrees]C in glycerol peptone water.
 
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