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Growth characteristics of group A streptococci in a new chemically defined medium.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 27 ·No. 2 ·1980-02-00 ·Pages 444-8

van de Rijn I, Kessler RE

Abstract

A new chemically defined medium for the growth of group A streptococci has been formulated. The advantages of this new medium over previously described defined media are: (i) rates of growth (i.e., doubling times) of 20 strains were comparable to the rates of growth in complex media; (ii) each strain grew to a higher culture density in the new defined medium than in complex media; (iii) transfer from complex media with small inocula was possible without any prior adaptation regimen; and (iv) the production of virulence factors (i.e., M protein and hyaluronic acid) and extracellular enzymes during growth in this new medium was comparable to that in complex media.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis Culture Media Deoxyribonucleases/biosynthesis Hyaluronic Acid/biosynthesis Kinetics Streptococcus pyogenes/growth & development,metabolism Streptolysins/biosynthesis
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Culture Media Streptolysins Hyaluronic Acid Deoxyribonucleases
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
van de Rijn I
Kessler R E
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
Published
1980-02-00
Pages
444-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC550785
Subset
IM
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