Hygromycin

Hygromycin may refer to either of two chemically dissimilar antibiotics produced by the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus:

  • Hygromycin A
  • Hygromycin B, an aminoglycoside that kills bacteria, fungi and higher eukaryotic cells


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