tyrothricin

British

/ ˌtaɪrəʊˈθraɪsɪn /

noun

an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses

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Etymology

Origin of tyrothricin

C20: from New Latin Tyrothrix (genus name), from Greek turos cheese + thrix hair

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Second, the fact that Dr. Dubos did his work on tyrothricin at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, to which he was appointed after receiving his degree at Rutgers in 1927.

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