This medium utilizes a 100% vegetable-based protein source to provide a rich nutritional profile. The Soy Peptone (vegetable digest of soybean meal) provides the essential nitrogen, amino acids, and peptides usually supplied by animal-derived peptones. The addition of Yeast Extract further enhances the medium by providing high concentrations of B-complex vitamins, minerals, and growth factors, ensuring the recovery of stressed or demanding organisms. Glucose (Dextrose) serves as the primary fermentable carbohydrate and energy source. Sodium Chloride maintains the osmotic balance, and Dipotassium Phosphate acts as a buffering agent to maintain a stable pH during microbial growth.
Advantages
- Animal-Free (Vegetable Origin): Eliminates the risk of BSE/TSE contamination, making it suitable for "clean" manufacturing and vaccine production environments.
- High Nutrient Bioavailability: The inclusion of Yeast Extract makes this broth more nutritious than standard TSB, facilitating faster growth of fastidious strains.
- Versatile Application: Supports the growth of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, as well as fungi, making it a universal enrichment broth.
- Compliance-Friendly: Meets the safety requirements of modern pharmaceutical quality control laboratories and fermentation processes.
- Excellent Clarity: The high quality of the vegetable peptones ensures a clear broth, allowing for easy visual detection of turbidity caused by microbial growth.
Technical specifications
| Catalogue number |
1268 |
| Brand |
Condalab |
| Application |
General-purpose cultivation (Animal-free enrichment) |
| Typical Composition (g/L) |
Soy Peptone (17.0); Yeast Extract (5.0); Glucose (2.5); Sodium Chloride (5.0); Dipotassium Phosphate (2.5) |
| Final pH (at 25 °C) |
7.3 ± 0.2 |
| Preparation |
35.0 g/L |
| Storage Temperature |
2 – 25 °C |
Available packaging options
| 1268 |
500 g plastic bottle |
