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virginiamycin

virginiamycin

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Noun

virginiamycin ‎(uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic, used in agriculture and in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent microbial contamination.

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Etymology

After the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae + -mycin.

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