BACITRACIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacitracin mean? 

• BACITRACIN (noun)
  The noun BACITRACIN has 1 sense:

1. a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

  Familiarity information: BACITRACIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACITRACIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bacitracin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

 Context examples 

This bacteria hydrolyzes esculin, is sensitive to bacitracin, reduces nitrates and utilizes succinate.

(Actinomadura madurae, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymyxin B, neomycin and bacitracin zinc exert antibacterial effects through a cationic detergent-like action on cell membranes, inhibition of protein synthesis, and inhibition of peptidoglycan synthesis, respectively.

(Cortisporin Formulation, NCI Thesaurus)

The commercial preparation is a mixture of at least nine bacitracins with bacitracin A as the major constituent.

(Bacitracin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Bacitracin binds to C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate, a biphosphate lipid transport molecule that carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial cell wall.

(Bacitracin, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is halotolerant, coagulase negative, susceptible to bacitracin and does not ferment glucose.

(Micrococcus luteus, NCI Thesaurus)

The zinc salt form of bacitracin, a complex of cyclic polypeptide antibiotics, mainly bacitracin A, produced by spore-forming organisms belonging to the licheniformin group of the Bacillus subtilis with antibacterial activity.

(Bacitracin Zinc, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination preparation containing the polypeptide antibiotic polymyxin b, the aminoglycoside antibiotic neomycin, the glucocorticoid hydrocortisone and, in some formulations, the antibiotic bacitracin zinc with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Cortisporin Formulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A complex of cyclic polypeptide antibiotics, mainly bacitracin A, produced by spore-forming organisms belonging to the licheniformin group of the Bacillus subtilis with antibacterial activity.

(Bacitracin, NCI Thesaurus)

Bacitracin zinc binds to C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate, a biphosphate lipid transport molecule that carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial cell wall, thereby interfering with the enzymatic dephosphorylation of the C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate and preventing peptidoglycan synthesis which leads to cell lysis.

(Bacitracin Zinc, NCI Thesaurus)