streptomyces (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *streptomyces*:
NOUN	animal	streptomyces	aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin)

English > *streptomyces*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin).
Member of	genus Streptomyces	type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae
Narrower	Streptomyces erythreus	source of the antibiotic erythromycin
	Streptomyces griseus	source of the antibiotic streptomycin
	potato scab bacteria, Streptomyces scabies	Cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue
Broader	actinomycete	Any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
Spanish	streptomyces
Catalan	streptomyces

HyperDic: streptomyces