Tryptic Soy Broth
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Tryptic Soy Broth is used as a culture broth to grow aerobic bacteria
Bacteria
Bacteria are a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals...

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It is frequently used in commercial diagnostics in conjunction with Thio
Thio
The prefix thio-, when applied to a chemical, such as an ion, means that an oxygen atom in the compound has been replaced by a sulfur atom. This meaning is especially valid in organic chemistry. For example, the word ether refers to an oxygen-containing compound having the general chemical...

 which promotes growth of anaerobes.
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