%0 Journal Article %A Rosa-Fraile, Manuel %A Sampedro, Antonio %A Rodríguez-Granger, Javier %A García-Peña, Maria Luisa %A Ruiz-Bravo, Alfonso %A Haïdour, Ali %T Pigment production by Streptococcus agalactiae in quasi-defined media. %D 2001 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2119 %X 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. %K Pigmentos biológicos %K Medios de cultivo %K Infecciones estreptocócicas %K Streptococcus agalactiae %K Técnicas bacteriológicas %~