streptomycin

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Otto said they were able to ward off fire blight last year by using sprays including copper sulfate and streptomycin.

From Seattle Times

Francis recounts how a nun who worked as nurse helped save his life by secretly doubling the doses of penicillin and streptomycin that a doctor had prescribed.

From Reuters

Most of our antibiotic medicines were discovered in such bacteria; streptomycin, for example, unsurprisingly hails from Streptomyces.

From Scientific American

They hope that regular treatments with two common drugs, streptomycin and oxytetracycline, will slow the bacterial disease, known as citrus greening, that has crippled the industry.

From Nature

This month, the US Environmental Protection Agency is in the final stages of approving a huge ramp-up in spraying of two human antibiotics, streptomycin and oxytetracycline, on citrus groves in Florida and California.

From Nature