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streptomyces

[ strep-tuh-mahy-seez ]

noun

, Bacteriology.
, plural strep·to·my·ces.
  1. any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of streptomyces1

< New Latin (1943), equivalent to strepto- strepto- + Greek mýkēs mushroom, fungus

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