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aureomycin|ˌɔːriːəˈmaɪsɪn|
[f. L. aure-us golden + Gr. µύκ-ης fungus + -in1.]
Name of an antibiotic substance, chlortetracycline, derived from the mould Streptomyces aureofaciens, or produced artificially, and used in medical treatment esp. of lung and rickettsial diseases.
1948B. M. Duggar in Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. LI. 177 We are concerned with a species of the established Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces aureofaciens is being proposed... The antibiotic (aureomycin) from this species of mold will be evaluated. 1948Lancet 16 Oct. 618/1 Aureomycin, derived from a strain of Streptomyces aureofaciens and effective against numerous gram-positive and gram-negative organisms..has been obtained as a yellow crystalline hydrochloride. 1949H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. 1533 The action of aureomycin was thought to be bacteriostatic rather than bactericidal. 1949Britannica Bk. of Yr. 687/1 Aureomycin,..a golden-coloured antibiotic related to streptomycin, and effective in some diseases where streptomycin and penicillin fail. |