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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

antibioticmutamycinpenicillin

Etymology

From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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