strep|to|my|ces

strep|to|my|ces
strep|to|my|ces «STREHP tuh MY seez», noun, plural -ces.
any soil microbe of a group sometimes considered fungi, sometimes bacteria, which is the source of streptomycin and other antibiotics.
[< New Latin Streptomyces the genus name < Greek streptós twisted + mýkēs fungus]

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