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chlortetracycline

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chlor·tet·ra·cy·cline  (klôrtt-r-skln, -kln, klr-)
n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C22H23ClN2O8, obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens and used in the treatment of a variety of infections.
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Noun1.chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
Aureomycin
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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In the drug-suffused soil, all three crops absorbed substantial amounts of chlortetracycline into their aboveground tissues, the researchers report in the November-December Journal of Environmental Quality.
Antibiotics afield by Raloff, Janet / Science News
Using the kits, the researchers found trace amounts of tylosin, tetracycline, and chlortetracycline in surface and ground waters, field runoff, and swine manure.
Tracking antibiotics in groundwater by Barrett, Julia R. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Effect of chlortetracycline feeding on the Salmonella reservoir in chickens.
Antimicrobial growth promoters and Salmonella spp., Campylobacter ... by Wegener, Henrik C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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