virginiamycin

virginiamycin
vir·gin·ia·my·cin (vər-jĭn'yə-mīʹsĭn) n.
Any of several antibacterial substances derived from an actinomycete related to Streptomyces virginiae, used chiefly as an additive in animal feed.
  [New Latin virginiae, specific epithet (from genitive sing. of Virginia, Virginia) + -mycin.]

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