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Definition of Streptomycetes
1. streptomycete [n] - See also: streptomycete
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptomycetes
Literary usage of Streptomycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"streptomycetes are known to produce an extraordinary collection of so-called
secondary metabolites (Bibb 2005). These chemicals have been and continue to be ..."
2. Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for Crop Plant Improvement, Bibliography by Robert Warmbrodt (1995)
"... yield increase by genetic engineering in ant ibi ot i c-produc i ng streptomycetes.
Chater. KF New York, NY : Nature Publishing Company. Bio/technology. ..."
3. Impacts of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Thanks to Penicillin-- He Will by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1995)
"Conditions in grain storage bins would have favored the growth of the streptomycetes,
which could have been the source of the antibiotic. ..."
4. Tobacco Policy Making in California 2001-2003: No Longer Finishing First edited by Jeffrey Archer, Simon Bainbridge (2003)
"... 2 months in the laboratory of an internationally recognized expert in
autoregulatory molecules to study the biology of plant pathogenic streptomycetes, ..."