STREPTOMYCES


Meaning of STREPTOMYCES in English

[strep.to.my.ces] n, pl streptomyces [NL, fr. strepto- + Gk mykes fungus--more at myc-] (1951): any of a genus (Streptomyces) of mostly soil streptomycetes including some that form antibiotics as by-products of their metabolism

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