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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
  • cas:11006-76-1
  • hmdb:HMDB0030520
  • kegg.drug:D06311
  • pubmed:1493906
  • pubmed:21676560
  • pubmed:25874109
  • pubmed:2907457
  • pubmed:39060
  • pubmed:4568014
  • pubmed:8851577
  • reaxys:13135027
  • wikipedia.en:Virginiamycin
Ontology
ChEBI  ( EBI )
Resources
CTD
Relationships
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from virginiamycin
Phenotype where environments contain virginiamycin
Phenotype modified by environments containing virginiamycin
Phenotype affecting virginiamycin
Human Disease Model