STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of the antibiotic erythromycin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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