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Furthermore, the media should not create a bias in experimental settings, thus enabling the proper extrapolation of results. To assess this we studied several established media for promastigote growth. We analysed morphology, viability, cell cycle progression, metacyclic profile, capacity to differentiate into axenic amastigotes and infectivity. Furthermore, using a rational approach from the evaluated media we developed a simple serum-free medium (cRPMI). We report that parasites growing in different media present different biological characteristics and distinct<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>infectivities. The developed medium, cRPMI, proved to be a less expensive substitute for traditional serum-supplemented media for the<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>maintenance of promastigotes. 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