streptomyces
[strep-tuh-mahy-seez]
noun, plural strep·to·my·ces. Bacteriology.
any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.
Origin of streptomyces
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Streptomyces
[strĕp′tə-mī′sēz]
n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.