COLISTIN


Meaning of COLISTIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈlis-tən, kō- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin colistinus, specific epithet of the bacterium producing it

Date: 1951

: a polymyxin produced by a bacterium ( Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus ) from Japanese soil

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