angucycline
Any of a large class of antibiotics whose structure is based on an unsymmetric tetracyclic ring system

angucyclines
plural of angucycline

angucyclinone
Any of a group of benzanthraquinones that have antibiotic potential

angucyclinones
plural of angucyclinone

anhydrotetracycline
A derivative of tetracycline, having no antibiotic activity, that is used in experimental genetics

anisomycin
An antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces griseolus, which inhibits protein synthesis

anisomycine
Alternative form of anisomycin.

anisomysin
Alternative form of anisomycin.

annamycin
An anthracycline antibiotic with potential uses in treating cancer.

ansamitocin
Any of a group of maytansinoid antibiotics

ansamitocins
plural of ansamitocin

ansamycin
Any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.

ansamycins
plural of ansamycin

anthacyclin
Misspelling of anthracycline.

anthacyclins
plural of anthacyclin

anthracyclin
Alternative form of anthracycline.

anthracycline
any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer

anthracyclines
plural of anthracycline

anthracyclins
plural of anthracyclin

anthracyline
Alternative form of anthracycline.

anthracylines
plural of anthracyline

anthramycin
Any of a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics, having a benzodiazepine structure, isolated from Streptomyces bacteria, that have antitumour activity

anthramycins
plural of anthramycin

antibiogram
A table reporting a bacterial isolate’s susceptibility to different antibiotics.

antibiograms
plural of antibiogram

antibiont
Any organism that produces antibiotics or participates in antibiosis

antibionts
plural of antibiont

antibioprophylaxis
antibiotic prophylaxis

antibioresistance
resistance to the effects of an antibiotic

antibiotics
plural of antibiotic

antibiotype
A set of organisms that are resistant to a particular antibiotic.

antibiotypes
plural of antibiotype

antimycin
Any of several lactone antibiotics, some of which are used for controlling fungi in fish farms

antimycins
plural of antimycin

antiseptic
Of or relating to antisepsis or the use of antiseptics.
Capable of preventing microbial infection.
Very clean; aseptic.
Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.
Deliberate misspelling of antisemitic.

antiseptics
plural of antiseptic

antivirotic
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses

antivirotics
plural of antivirotic

anysomicin
Misspelling of anisomycin.

apalcillin
A penicillin antibiotic.

aphidicolin
A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotic properties.

apramycin
An aminoglycoside antibiotic.

apramycins
plural of apramycin

aqabamycin
Any of a class of nitro derivatives of maleimides, isolated from a bacterium of the genus Vibrio, whose metabolites have antibacterial and cytotoxic properties

aqabamycins
plural of aqabamycin

aquayamycin
An anthraquinone glycoside that is the basis of some antibiotics

arbekacin
A semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic.

arbekacins
plural of arbekacin

arenimycin
An antibiotic, with active against rifampin resistant bacteria, present in the marine actinomycete Salinispora arenicola

arenimycins
plural of arenimycin

arylomycin
Any of a particular class of antibiotics

arylomycins
plural of arylomycin

ascofuranone
An antibiotic derived from a furanone

ascomycin
An ethyl analogue of tacrolimus with strong immunosuppressant properties.

aspicillin
An 18-membered cyclic molecular substance with IUPAC name (3Z,5R,6S,7R,18S)-5,6,7-trihydroxy-18-methyl-1-oxacyclooctadec-3-en-2-one

aspiculamycin
A particular cytosine nucleoside antibiotic

aspoxicillin
An acylaminopenicillin, synthesized from amoxicillin.

asterobactin
An antibiotic [3-[[1-[1-[[5-[carbamimidoyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-(hydroxyamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxoundecan-3-yl]oxy-5-[formyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl] 2-hydroxybenzoate present in Nocardia asteroides

astrexine
Synonym of chlorhexidine.

astromicin
An aminoglycoside antibiotic.

augmentin
The antibiotic amoxicillin

aurachin
Any of a group of antibiotics that are quinolinone derivatives

aurachins
plural of aurachin

aureobasidin
Any of a family of cyclic depsipeptide antifungal antibiotics isolated from the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans

aureobasidins
plural of aureobasidin

aureofuscin
A pigment and antibiotic macrolide (1R,3R,4R,5R,7R,9R,11S,12S,13S)-5-(6-aminopurin-9-yl)-1,4,12,13-tetrahydroxy-2,6,10-trioxatricyclo[7.4.0.03,7]tridecane-11-carboxylic acid produced by Streptomyces aureofuscus

aureomycin
The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.

auroramycin
A polyene macrolactam that has antibiotic and antifungal properties

avibactam
A particular non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor antibiotic

avibactams
plural of avibactam

avilamycin
Any of a class of orthosomycin antibiotics produced by the fermentation of Streptomyces viridochromogenes.

avoparcin
A glycopeptide antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces candidus, that is used to treat farm animals.

avoparcins
plural of avoparcin

azaerythromycin
Any of a group of antibiotics derived from erythromycin

azaerythromycins
plural of azaerythromycin

azalide
Any of a class of macrolide antibiotics which contain a nitrogen in the macrolide ring.

azalides
plural of azalide

azalomycin
Synonym of elaiophylin.

azetidinone
A lactam, derived from azetidine, that is the basis beta-lactam antibiotics

azetidinones
plural of azetidinone

azidamfenicol
An amphenicol antibiotic.

azidocillin
A type of penicillin.

azinomycin
Any of a class of antibiotic antitumour agents, isolated from a Streptomyces bacterium, that have an epoxide structure based on aziridine

azinomycins
plural of azinomycin

azirinomycin
An antibiotic azirine derivative with the molecular formula C₄H₅NO₂ which is produced by the bacterium Streptomyces aureus.

azithromycin
A semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic C₃₈H₇₂N₂O₁₂ (trademarks Zithromax, Z-PAK) that is derived from erythromycin and is used especially as an antibacterial agent.

azithromycine
Alternative form of azithromycin.

azithromycines
plural of azithromycine

azithromycins
plural of azithromycin

azithromyicin
Misspelling of azithromycin.

azitromycin
An azalide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.

azitromycins
plural of azitromycin

azlocillin
An acylampicillin antibiotic with an extended spectrum of activity and greater in vitro potency than the carboxy penicillins.

aztreonams
plural of aztreonam

bacampicillin
An antibiotic which is converted to ampicillin in the body.

bacillin
An antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against many types of bacterium.

bacillomycin
Any of a family of antifungal polypeptide antibiotics obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

bacillomycins
plural of bacillomycin

bacillomyxin
An antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against some pathogenic fungi

bacillopeptin
Any of a group of cyclic lipopeptide antibiotics present in Bacillus subtilis

bacillopeptins
plural of bacillopeptin

bacilycin
Alternative form of bacilysin.

bacilysin
An antibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis

bacitracin
A nonprescription polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus (Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis), usually provided in topical ointment form especially against gram-positive bacteria.

bacitracins
plural of bacitracin

bacmecillinam
A beta-lactam antibiotic.

bacteriocin
Any of a class of antibiotic toxins, produced by some bacteria, that target closely related bacteria

bacteriocins
plural of bacteriocin

bactobolin
Any of a group of antitumor antibiotics, based on (2S)-N-[(3S,4R,4aR,5R,6R)-3-(dichloromethyl)-5,6,8-trihydroxy-3-methyl-1-oxo-4a,5,6,7-tetrahydro-4H-isochromen-4-yl]-2-aminopropanamide, present in Pseudomonas

bactobolins
plural of bactobolin

bafilomycin
Any of a family of toxic macrolide antibiotics derived from Streptomyces griseus