aureomycin
(ˌɔːriːəˈmaɪsɪn)
[f. L. aure-us golden + Gr. µύκ-ης fungus + -in1.]
Name of an antibiotic substance, chlortetracycline, derived from the mould Streptomyces aureofaciens, or produced artificially, and used in medical treatment esp. of lung and rickettsial diseases.
| 1948 B. M. Duggar in Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. LI. 177 We are concerned with a species of the established Streptomyces, for which the name Streptomyces aureofaciens is being proposed... The antibiotic (aureomycin) from this species of mold will be evaluated. 1948 Lancet 16 Oct. 618/1 Aureomycin, derived from a strain of Streptomyces aureofaciens and effective against numerous gram-positive and gram-negative organisms..has been obtained as a yellow crystalline hydrochloride. 1949 H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. 1533 The action of aureomycin was thought to be bacteriostatic rather than bactericidal. 1949 Britannica Bk. of Yr. 687/1 Aureomycin,..a golden-coloured antibiotic related to streptomycin, and effective in some diseases where streptomycin and penicillin fail. |