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enramycin

enramycin noun: a polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidicus and widely used as a feed additive for pigs and chickens to prevent necrotic enteritis induced by Gram-positive gut pathogens.

Noun

enramycin (uncountable)

  1. A polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidicus and widely used as a feed additive for pigs and chickens to prevent necrotic enteritis induced by Gram-positive gut pathogens.

Origin of enramycin

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Questions about enramycin

What does enramycin mean?
Enramycin means a polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidicus and widely used as a feed additive for pigs and chickens to prevent necrotic enteritis induced by Gram-positive gut pathogens.
What part of speech is enramycin?
Enramycin is a noun.

Words near enramycin in the dictionary

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