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streptomycin

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006092

An antibiotic produced by the soil actinomycete Streptomyces griseus. It acts by inhibiting the initiation and elongation processes during protein synthesis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006092
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2011; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoaminoglycoside antibiotics; aminoglycosides; protein synthesis inhibitors; dihydrostreptomycin
TranslationsSpanish: estreptomicina
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006092",
  "term": "streptomycin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An antibiotic produced by the soil actinomycete Streptomyces griseus. It acts by inhibiting the initiation and elongation processes during protein synthesis.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "aminoglycoside antibiotics",
    "aminoglycosides",
    "protein synthesis inhibitors",
    "dihydrostreptomycin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2011",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "estreptomicina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/streptomycin/"
}

Record 6,092 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.