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Peptone Water – Principle, Composition, Preparation, Uses

By BNO Team Published on May 15, 2024 14 min readby BNO Team

Peptone Water Composition, Preparation, Uses, Principle

Peptone Water is a type of broth medium. This media is mainly used to grow the organism and is also used as a base for determining carbohydrate fermentation patterns of non-fastidious organisms. It is also used to detect indole production by the organism.

Alkaline Peptone Water – Preparation, Composition, Principle, Application.

By BNO Team Published on May 15, 2024 25 min readby BNO Team

Alkaline Peptone Water Preparation, Composition, Principle, Application.

Clinical materials containing small numbers of Vibrio should be inoculated into an enrichment medium prior to plating onto a selective medium, such as TCBS Agar (M189). Alkaline Peptone Water is a suitable enrichment broth for this purpose.