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streptomycete Bacteriology.|strɛptəʊˈmaɪsiːt|
[f. mod.L. Streptomycetes, pl. of Streptomyces, generic name (Waksman & Henrici 1943, in Jrnl. Bacteriol. XLVI. 339), f. strepto- + Gr. µύκης fungus.]
A bacterium of the genus Streptomyces, which belongs in the family Streptomycetaceæ of spore-forming, mould-like bacteria and comprises aerobic forms that grow as branching filaments, form spores in chains, and occur chiefly as saprophytes in soil.
1956Carter & Smith Microbiol. & Pathol. (ed. 6) xxxii. 494 The streptomycetes are of medical importance because they are the source of the antibiotics, streptomycin, [etc.]. 1961Lancet 12 Aug. 377/2 A large variety of mould products have been reported effective in cancer in man, from myxomycetes to streptomycetes. 1977R. W. Thoma Industr. Microbiol. 51 Rigorous proof for genetic recombination via transduction or transformation among streptomycetes is still lacking. 1978Nature 31 Aug. 844/2 C. Stuttard..reported the isolation of virulent transducing phage in a chloramphenicol-producing streptomycete. |