tyrocidine

tyrocidine
ty·ro·ci·dine also ty·ro·ci·din .tī-rə-'sīd-ən n a basic polypeptide antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. brevis) and constituting the major component of tyrothricin

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ty·ro·ci·dine (ti″ro-siґdin) a polypeptide antibiotic that is the major component of tyrothricin, the lesser component being gramicidin. It can be separated into three components, tyrocidines A, B, and C.

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