streptomyces

English Thesaurus

1. aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	actinomycete,
definition	:	any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	streptomyces erythreus,
definition	:	source of the antibiotic erythromycin (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	streptomyces griseus,
definition	:	source of the antibiotic streptomycin (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	potato scab bacteria, streptomyces scabies,
definition	:	cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus streptomyces,
definition	:	type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae (noun.animal)