Tryptose Phosphate Broth (TPB) comprises pyrimidine based components and is crucial for pyrimidine synthesis and electron transport chain in cells. In chick embryo fibroblast, it alleviates chloramphenicol inhibition.
Tryptose Phosphate Broth provides a source of amino acid based nutrients and survival factors that support the growth of fastidious micro-organisms such as Brucella, Streptococcus, and Neisseria; as well as eukaryotic cells such as insect and animal cells. Dextrose provides a fermentable carbohydrate that can be used by fastidious micro-organisms. Sodium chloride maintains the osmotic and ionic equilibrium and disodium phosphate provides the basic buffering capacity.
