Associations to the word «Streptomyces»

STREPTOMYCES, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Streptomycetaceae   — the streptomyces bacteria.

STREPTOMYCES, noun. Any of several bacteria, of the genus Streptomyces, found in soil, several of which produce antibiotics.

STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae   — a bacteria which is the origin of the antibiotic neomycin.

STREPTOMYCES GRISEOCHROMOGENES, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae.

STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae   — an organism whose cultures produce useful chemical agents.

STREPTOMYCES, noun. Aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin).