bacitracin
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000608
A complex of cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by the Tracy-I strain of Bacillus subtilis. The commercial preparation is a mixture of at least nine bacitracins with bacitracin A as the major constituent. It is used topically to treat open infections such as infected eczema and infected dermal ulcers.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000608 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Research, Technology, Methods |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2011; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | peptide antibiotics; cyclic peptides |
| Translations | Spanish: bacitracina |
Record as JSON
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"term": "bacitracin",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A complex of cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by the Tracy-I strain of Bacillus subtilis. The commercial preparation is a mixture of at least nine bacitracins with bacitracin A as the major constituent. It is used topically to treat open infections such as infected eczema and infected dermal ulcers.",
"subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
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"peptide antibiotics",
"cyclic peptides"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2011",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
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"translations": {
"es": "bacitracina"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/bacitracin/"
}
Record 608 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.