Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun streptomyces

1 sense of streptomyces

Sense 1
streptomyces -- (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))
       => actinomycete -- (any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales)