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Title: Pigment production by Streptococcus agalactiae in quasi-defined media.
Authors: Rosa-Fraile, Manuel
Sampedro, Antonio
Rodríguez-Granger, Javier
García-Peña, Maria Luisa
Ruiz-Bravo, Alfonso
Haïdour, Ali
metadata.dc.contributor.authoraffiliation: [Rosa-Fraile1,M; Sampedro,A; Rodrı́guez-Granger,J; Garcı́a-Peña1,ML] Microbiology Service, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada. [Ruiz-Bravo,A] Department of Microbiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. [Haı̈dour,A] Centro de Instrumentación Cientifica, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Keywords: Pigmentos biológicos;Medios de cultivo;Infecciones estreptocócicas;Streptococcus agalactiae;Técnicas bacteriológicas
metadata.dc.subject.mesh: Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Equipment and Supplies::Culture Media
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Biological Factors::Pigments, Biological
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections::Streptococcal Infections
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Positive Bacteria::Gram-Positive Cocci::Streptococcaceae::Streptococcus::Streptococcus agalactiae
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Bacteriological Techniques
Issue Date: Jan-2001
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Citation: Rosa-Fraile M, Sampedro A, Rodríguez-Granger J, García-Peña ML, Ruiz-Bravo A, Haïdour A. Pigment production by Streptococcus agalactiae in quasi-defined media. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2001; 67(1):473-4
Abstract: A quasi-defined medium that supports the growth of Streptococcus agalactiae as pigmented colonies has been developed. The medium contains starch, a peptic digest of albumin, amino acids, nucleosides, vitamins, and salts. The presence of free cysteine, which could be replaced with other sulphur-containing compounds and to a lesser degree by reducing agents, was required for pigment formation.
Description: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2119
metadata.dc.relation.publisherversion: http://aem.asm.org/content/67/1/473.abstract
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.1.473-474.2001
ISSN: 0099-2240 (Online)
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