polymyxin

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Etymology

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From polymyxa +‎ -in, from Bacillus polymyxa, from which the antibiotic was isolated.

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polymyxin (plural polymyxins)

  1. Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria

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