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streptomyces definition

strep·to·my·ces (-mī′sēz′)

noun pl. streptomyces -·ces′

any of a genus (Streptomyces) of funguslike, chiefly soil bacteria: several species yield antibiotics

Etymology: ModL < Gr streptos, twisted < strephein, to turn (see strophe) + mykēs, fungus (see myco-)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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