Saturday, July 24, 2010

Name 10 medicines that came from bacteria?

Because I love a good challenge, here are 12. I didn't know this before I looked it up, thanks you taught me something new!





Antibiotics produced by Bacteria





Antibiotic and the Bacterial Species it was derived from





Tetracycline made from Streptomyces remosus





Streptomycinmade from Streptomyces griseus





Cyclohexamide made from Streptomyces griseus





Neomycin made from Streptomyces frodiae





Cycloserine made from Streptomyces orchidaceus





Erythromycin made from Streptomyces erythreus





Kanamycin made from Streptomyces kanamyceticus





Lincomycin made from Streptomyces lincolnensis





Nystatin made from Streptomyces noursei





Polymyxin B made from Bacillus polymyxa





Bacitracin made from Bacillus licheniformis


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