Definition of Streptomycin

1. Noun. An antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis.

Generic synonyms: Antibiotic, Antibiotic Drug

Definition of Streptomycin

1. Noun. An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic administered via intramuscular injection. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Streptomycin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streptomycin

streptococcal
streptococcal sore throat
streptococci
streptococcic
streptococcus
streptococcus tonsilitis
streptodornase
streptogramin
streptokinase
streptokinases
streptolysin
streptolysins
streptomyces
streptomycete
streptomycetes
streptomycin (current term)
streptomycins
streptophyte
streptophytes
streptose
streptothricin
streptothricins
streptothrix
streptothrixes
streptovaricin
streptovaricins
streptozoticin
streptozotocin
stress
stress ball

Literary usage of Streptomycin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Calluses induced from germinating seeds were treated with erythromycin, chloromycetin and streptomycin. The results showed that CY4 was sensitive to ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The recover)' of V.fetus from egg-yolk citrate buffer with or without glycerol and in the presence or absence of streptomycin after storage at -79°C. also ..."

3. Organic Lies: Misconceptions of the United States Organic Act in America and ...by Mary Choate by Mary Choate (2007)
"138 139 streptomycin is created through a naturally occurring process —it ... 141 streptomycin and streptomycin sulfate, like many commercial antibiotics, ..."

4. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Treatment of bacterial enteritis caused by Esch- erichia coli and Salmonella spp. susceptible to streptomycin. (iii) Limitations. Calves: Do not administer ..."

5. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"23 NAL Call No: 464.8 P56 The analysis of plasmid-mediated streptomycin resistance in Erwinia amylovora. Chiou, CS; Jones, AL St. Paul, Minn. ..."

6. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"... to drive excision of a Dissociation (Ds) element from a streptomycin resistance gene and for the abundance of the transposase mRNA. ..."

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