n.
Pronunciation: - ' m ī - ˌ s ē t, - ˌ m ī - ' s ē t
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Streptomycet-, Streptomyces, genus name
Date: 1948
: any of a family (Streptomycetaceae) of actinomycetes (as a streptomyces) that form vegetative mycelia which rarely break up into bacillary forms, have conidia borne on sporophores, and are typically aerobic soil saprophytes but include a few parasites of plants and animals