car·bo·my·cin
n : a colorless crystalline basic macrolide antibiotic C42H67NO16 produced by a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. halstedii) and active esp. in inhibiting the growth of gram-positive bacteria - see MAGNAMYCIN .
           
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