STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Streptomyces griseus mean? 

• STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS (noun)
  The noun STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS has 1 sense:

1. source of the antibiotic streptomycin

  Familiarity information: STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of the antibiotic streptomycin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Streptomyces griseus" is a kind of...):

streptomyces (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))

 Context examples 

A glycosidic antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus.

(Chromomycin A3, NCI Thesaurus)