ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmīˌsēz noun
Etymology: New Latin, from strept- + -myces
1. capitalized : the type genus of Streptomycetaceae comprising numerous bacteria that produce chains of conidia from aerial hyphae and including some that form antibiotics as by-products of their metabolism — see potato scab , streptomycin
2. plural streptomyces “ or streptomyce·tes -_mīˈsēd.ēz, -ētēz : any bacterium of the genus Streptomyces