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spectinomycin

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spec·ti·no·my·cin  (spkt-n-msn)
n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C14H24N2O7, obtained from a species of gram-negative bacteria (Streptomyces spectabilis) or produced synthetically and used especially in the treatment of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea.
[New Latin spect(bilis), specific epithet (from Latin, visible, from spectre, to watch; see spectacle) + (act)inomycin.]
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Noun1.spectinomycin - an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea
antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
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Standard fastidious anaerobe agar (FAA) supplemented with bovine blood (10%), spectinomycin (400 [micro]g/mL), and polymyxin B (5 [micro]g/mL) was determined empirically to be the optimal medium for isolation of spirochetes.
High prevalence of spirochetosis in cholera patients, Bangladesh by Nelson, Eric J.; Tanudra, Angela; Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman; Kane, Anne V.; Qadri, Firdausi; Calderwo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Antibiotic resistance decreased for ampicillin by 60%, chorlamphenical by 57%, erythromycin by 43%, neomycin by 38%, oxytetracycline by 40 %, spectinomycin by 64%, streptomycin by 29%, tetracycline by 48%, and vancomycin by 7%.
Biological Sciences paper abstracts by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
When the scientists silenced whiB7 in that microbe within human cells growing in the lab, the mutant strain became 10 times as sensitive to spectinomycin as the normal strain was, the researchers reported in the Aug.
Target practice: researchers shoot for new treatments against ... by Cunningham, Aimee / Science News
 
 
 
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