lysogeny broth

English

Etymology

The medium was invented by microbial geneticist Giuseppe Bertani, who published his formula in a 1951 paper on lysogeny.

Noun

lysogeny broth (plural not attested)

1. (microbiology) A nutritionally rich culture medium primarily used for the growth of bacteria.

   Synonym: LB

   • 2019, Uranbileg Dhaalkhaijav, Angela L. Dunham, Travis W. Walker, Chapter 2: Effects of Medium Components on the Bulk Rheology and on the Formation of Ferning Patterns for Biofilm of Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Dinesh Sriramulu (editor), Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: An Armory Within, IntechOpen, page 6,

     Lysogeny broth was formulated by Giusseppe^[sic] Bertani in 1951 to optimize Shigella growth, but has since become the standard for growing many microbial cultures [19].

   • 2022 June 27, Žana Lovšin, Anja Klančnik, Tadej Kotnik, Electroporation as an Efficacy Potentiator for Antibiotics With Different Target Sites, Aleksandra P. Djukic-Vukovic, Daniela De Biase, Peter Adrian Lund, Nuno Pereira Mira, Jana Sedlakova-Kadukova (editors), Microbial Stress, Frontiers Media (Frontiers in Microbiology), page 35,

     Then, a 100 μL volume was taken from each sample and mixed with 100 μL of either lysogeny broth (for control and electroporation-only experiments) or lysogeny broth supplemented with the antibiotic at the final concentration required for the post-pulse predilution incubation.

   • 2022, Irem Unalan, et al., Physical and Antibacterial Properties of Peppermint Oil Loaded Poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) Electrospun Fiber Mats for Wound Healing, Gianluca Ciardelli, Ipsita Roy, Jochen Salber, Antonia Nostro, Aldo R. Boccaccini (editors), Combating Bacterial Infections Through Biomimetic or Bioinspired Materials Design and Enabling Technologies, Frontiers Media (Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology), page 11,

     The lysogeny broth medium and bacterial cell suspension in lysogeny broth medium were used as blank and control.

Translations

culture medium used for the growth of bacteria

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