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Streptomycin is an antibiotic drug. A mycinrefers to the particular family of antibiotics that includes Streptomycin antibiotics.

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Is tobramycin in the mycin family?

Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside drug (like gentamycin, amikacin, streptomycin, neomycin) Acts on 50S (and also 30S) and inhibit bacterial protine synthesis. Tobramycin used in different route except oral route and effective mostly against gram -Ve bacteria. [There is no such distinct Mycin Family in Pharmacology]


Are all drugs with the suffix Mycin or micin aminoglycosides?

No, not all of them.Actinomycin is a polypeptide antibiotic and has a -mycin suffixErythomycin and Azithromycin are macrolide antibiotics and have a -mycin suffixRifamycins are not aminoglycosides and have a -mycin suffixVancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic and has a -mycin suffixMost probably, the suffix -mycin comes form the genus of bacteria from which those drugs were isolated (some modified after isolation); Streptomyces


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Is streptomycin a bad bacteria?

Streptomycin is not a bacteria; it is an antibiotic derived from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is used to treat bacterial infections, particularly tuberculosis and certain types of bacterial meningitis.


What is effect of streptomycin on b-subtilis?

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What mycin will treat tooth infection?

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How many chiral centers in Streptomycin?

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What are drugs that end in the suffix mycin used for?

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The antibiotic streptomycin prevents protein synthesis in prokaryotes Which cell component is the most likely target of this antibiotic?

The ribosomes are the most likely target of streptomycin in prokaryotes. Streptomycin interferes with the function of the bacterial ribosome, specifically the 30S subunit, disrupting protein synthesis and leading to cell death.