tetracycline

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  1. noun A yellow crystalline compound, C22H24N2O8, synthesized or derived from certain microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used as a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
  2. noun An antibiotic, such as chlortetracycline and oxytetracycline, having the same basic structure.

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  • Antibiotics were discovered that could break up or jam up a cell's protein synthesis; drags such as tetracycline, streptomycin, gentamicin, and chloramphenicol. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • And Streptomyces bacteria produce a host of antibiotics, including streptomycin, tetracycline, neomycin, chloramphenicol, and erythromycin. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • Tetracycline-resistant strains in the bacterium Bacteroides have developed a kind of tetracycline reflex. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • Later, what's called the tetracycline drugs came in and these cured people quickly. —  FSF,January2006
  • Most of these antibiotics, such as streptomycin and tetracycline, are derivatives of natural compounds released by microbes (often fungi or soil bacteria) to kill competitors found nearby in the environment. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
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