STREPTOMYCETE


Meaning of STREPTOMYCETE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈmī-ˌsēt, -ˌmī-ˈsēt ]

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

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