Definition of Streptomyces

1. Noun. Aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin).


Definition of Streptomyces

1. Noun. any of several bacteria, of the genus ''Streptomyces'', found in soil; several of them produce antibiotics ¹

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Definition of Streptomyces

1. [n STREPTOMYCES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptomyces

streptobacilli
streptobacillus
streptocarpus
streptococcal
streptococcal sore throat
streptococci
streptococcic
streptococcus
streptococcus tonsilitis
streptodornase
streptogramin
streptokinase
streptokinases
streptolysin
streptolysins
streptomyces (current term)
streptomycete
streptomycetes
streptomycin
streptomycins
streptophyte
streptophytes
streptose
streptothricin
streptothricins
streptothrix
streptothrixes
streptovaricin
streptovaricins
streptozoticin

Literary usage of Streptomyces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology: Plant Nutrition: A Bibliography, January 1988-April 1993 by Janet Saunders (1994)
"These colonies resembled streptomyces in their morphology and fixed ... They contained both the parent streptomyces DNA sequences and the Frankia DNA ..."

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