Streptomyces clavuligerus

Translingual

Etymology

From Streptomyces and Latin clāvuligerus (“bearing a little stick”), referring to the spore-bearing hyphae of the bacterium.

Proper noun

Streptomyces clavuligerus m

  1. (bacteriology) A taxonomic species within the family Streptomycetaceae – a gram-positive bacterium by which clavulanic acid is produced.

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • ⇒ English: clavulanic acid, clavulanic

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