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leptomycin

leptomycin noun: any of a family of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria.

Noun

leptomycin (plural leptomycins)

  1. Any of a family of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria.

Forms of leptomycin

pluralleptomycins

Questions about leptomycin

What does leptomycin mean?
Leptomycin means any of a family of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria.
What part of speech is leptomycin?
Leptomycin is a noun.
What is the plural of leptomycin?
The plural of leptomycin is leptomycins.

Words near leptomycin in the dictionary

  1. leptomorph
  2. leptomorphic
  3. leptomorphically
  4. leptomorphous
  5. leptomorphs
  6. leptomycin
  7. leptomycins
  8. lepton
  9. lepton number
  10. lepton numbers
  11. leptonectid

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