erythromycin
The origin and history of erythromycin.
Etymology
Erythromycin takes its name from the bacterium Streptomyces erythreus, combined with the ending -mycin, which marks an antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain.
The origin and history of erythromycin.
Erythromycin takes its name from the bacterium Streptomyces erythreus, combined with the ending -mycin, which marks an antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain.
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