streptomyces erythreus

1. 1.

   source of the antibiotic erythromycin

   Broaderstreptomyces

Questions about streptomyces erythreus

What does streptomyces erythreus mean?

streptomyces erythreus means "source of the antibiotic erythromycin".

Is streptomyces erythreus a common word?

streptomyces erythreus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.