STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Streptomyces erythreus mean? 

• STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS (noun)
  The noun STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS has 1 sense:

1. source of the antibiotic erythromycin

  Familiarity information: STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS (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))

 Context examples 

A bacteriostatic antibiotic substance produced by Streptomyces erythreus.

(Erythromycin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)