streptomycete

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
streptomycete /ˌstrɛptə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪsiːt/

▶noun (pl. streptomycetes /-ˈmʌɪsiːts, -mʌɪˈsiːtiːz/) a bacterium which occurs chiefly in soil and of which some kinds yield antibiotics. [Streptomyces and related genera.]

– origin 1950s: anglicized sing. of mod. L. Streptomyces, from strepto- + Gk mukēs, mukēt- ‘fungus’.

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erythromycin - strepto-

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