Lysogeny broth
Caldo de Lisogenia
- Date
- 1951 · confidence high
- Place
- Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
- Credited to
- Giuseppe Bertani
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A nutrient-rich growth medium for bacterial culture, developed by Giuseppe Bertani to optimize Shigella growth and phage plaque formation.
What it led to
- a worldwide standard for culturing Escherichia coli in the lab
- underpins modern molecular biology and genetic engineering
- used in industrial production of recombinant proteins