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streptomyces
[ strep-tuh-mahy-seez ]
noun
, Bacteriology.
, plural strep·to·my·ces.
- 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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