chartreusin

chartreusin

[shär′trü·zən]
(microbiology)
C18H18O18 Crystalline, greenish-yellow antibiotic produced by a strain of Streptomyces chartreusis; active against gram-positive microorganisms, acid-fast bacilli, and phage of Staphylococcus pyogenes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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