bacitracin

bacitracin
noun Etymology: New Latin Bacillus subtilis (species of bacillus producing the toxin) + Margaret Tracy b ab 1936 American child in whose tissues it was found Date: 1945 a polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus (Bacillus subtilis or B. licheniformis) and usually used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria

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  • Bacitracin — (Bacillus subtilis) Strukturformel …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bacitracin — acitracin n. (1940) [Bacillus + Margaret Tracy, (a child whose tissues contained {Bacillus subtilis}) + in. RHUD.] a polypeptide antibacterial antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram positive organisms, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bacitracin A — bacitracin acitracin n. (1940) [Bacillus + Margaret Tracy, (a child whose tissues contained {Bacillus subtilis}) + in. RHUD.] a polypeptide antibacterial antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram positive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bacitracin — bacitracin. См. бацитрацин. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • bacitracin — ☆ bacitracin [bas΄i trā′sin ] n. [arbitrary blend < BACILLUS + (Margaret) Trac(y), name of Am girl (1936 ) from whose wounds the strain was isolated + IN1] an antibiotic obtained from a strain of bacteria (Bacillus subtilis) and used in the… …   English World dictionary

  • Bacitracin — drugbox IUPAC name = 5 (1 (4 (14 ((1 H imidazol 5 yl)methyl) 20 (2 amino 2 oxoethyl) 11 benzyl 8 sec butyl 17 (carboxymethyl) 3,6,9,12,15,18,21 heptaoxo 1,4,7,10,13,16,19 heptaazacyclohenicosan 2 yl)butylamino) 3 methyl 1 oxopentan 2 ylamino) 4… …   Wikipedia

  • bacitracin — noun A nonprescription antibiotic, usually provided in topical ointment form and discovered as a product of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. <!From the discussion page for John Kerry in Wikipedia: , Ive seen it both ways but lower case is more …   Wiktionary

  • bacitracin — An antibacterial antibiotic polypeptide of known chemical structure isolated from cultures of an aerobic, Gram positive, spore bearing bacillus (member of the Bacillus subtilis group); active against hemolytic streptococci …   Medical dictionary

  • bacitracin zinc — [USP] the zinc salt of bacitracin, having actions and uses similar to the base …   Medical dictionary

  • bacitracin — Branched cyclic peptides produced by strains of Bacillus licheniformis. Interfere with murein (peptidoglycan) synthesis in Gram positive bacteria …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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