Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of antibiotics produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces lavendulae) and active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and some fungi.
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- noun a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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During the streptothricin studies Dr. Waksman and his collaborators developed a series of test-methods, which turned out to be very useful in the isolation of streptomycin in
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech 1964
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Encouraged by the discovery of streptothricin and stimulated by the triumphal development of penicillin treatment, the research team headed by Dr. Waksman continued their untiring search for new antibiotic-producing microbes.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech 1964
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Further studies revealed that streptothricin was too toxic.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech 1964
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These preliminary studies were completed in a relatively short time, thanks to the clear principles which had been set out previously by Dr. Waksman for the study of streptothricin.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech 1964
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He has isolated, together with his students and associates, a number of new antibiotics, including actinomycin (1940), clavacin, streptothricin (1942), streptomycin (1943), grisein
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Encouraged by the discovery of streptothricin and stimulated by the triumphal development of penicillin treatment, the research team headed by Dr. Waksman continued their untiring search for new antibiotic-producing microbes.
Sandwalk 2009
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In 1942 another antibiotic was detected and studied, called «streptothricin».
Sandwalk 2009
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These preliminary studies were completed in a relatively short time, thanks to the clear principles which had been set out previously by Dr. Waksman for the study of streptothricin.
Sandwalk 2009
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Further studies revealed that streptothricin was too toxic.
Sandwalk 2009
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