Search Ontology:
ChEBI

virginiamycin

Term ID
CHEBI:87209
Synonyms
  • virginiamicina
  • virginiamycin
  • virginiamycine
  • virginiamycins
  • virginiamycinum
Definition
A mixture of cyclic polypeptide streptogramin antibiotics produced by Streptomyces virginiae, S. loidensis, S. mitakaensis, S. pristina-spiralis, S. ostreogriseus, and others. The two major components are virginiamycin M1 (also known as pristinamycin IIA) and virginiamycin S1. Virginiamycin has been widely used as a growth promotion agent in livestock and has been to have bacteriostatic activity against Gram-positive organisms such as staphylococci and streptococci.
References
Ontology
ChEBI  ( EBI )
Resources
CTD
Relationships
is a type of
has_part
has_role
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from virginiamycin
Phenotype where environments contain virginiamycin
Phenotype modified by environments containing virginiamycin
Human Disease Model
Your Input Welcome
We welcome your input and comments. Please use this form to recommend updates to the information in ZFIN. We appreciate as much detail as possible and references as appropriate. We will review your comments promptly.
Please check the highlighted fields and try again.
Thank you for submitting comments. Your input has been emailed to ZFIN curators who may contact you if additional information is required.
Oops. Something went wrong. Please try again later.