claviformin Biochem.
(klævɪˈfɔəmɪn)
[f. the second element of mod.L. Penicillium claviforme (cf. claviform a.), a species of fungus + -in1.]
A crystalline antibiotic produced from several fungi; spec. that obtained from Penicillium claviforme, chemically identical with clavacin.
| 1942 E. Chain et al. in Brit. Jrnl. Exp. Path. XXIII. 205 A crystalline substance which inhibits the growth of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms has been isolated from the metabolic products of Penicillium claviforme... The name claviformin is proposed for it. 1953 [see clavatin]. |