different between streptovaricin vs ansamycin

English

strepto- +? varicin

streptovaricin (countable and uncountable, plural streptovaricins)

Any of a group of structurally-related macrolide antibiotics of the ansamycin class.

From Latin ansa (“handle”) (from their unique structure) +? -mycin.

ansamycin (plural ansamycins)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.

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