%0 Journal Article %A Hussain, M. %A Hastings, J. G. M. %A White, P. J. %T A chemically defined medium for slime production by coagulase-negative staphylococci %D 1991 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 34 %N 3 %P 143-147 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-34-3-143 %I Microbiology Society, %X Summary In a chemically defined medium in which the principal constituents were glucose, 18 amino acids, two purines and six vitamins, eight strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci grew as rapidly and heavily as in tryptic soy broth. Slime formation was slightly better in the defined medium than in tryptic soy broth. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-34-3-143