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Q.Give the name of microbial source of antibiotic chloromycetin.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The antibiotic chloromycetin (chloramphenicol) is obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae.
Chloromycetin (chloramphenicol) is a microbial antibiotic sourced from a Streptomyces species.
Chloromycetin, the trade name for the broad-spectrum antibiotic chloramphenicol, is naturally produced by the soil actinomycete bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae. Like many other clinically important antibiotics (e.g., streptomycin from Streptomyces griseus), it was originally isolated as a natural se …
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