oxytetracycline
noun
oxy·tet·ra·cy·cline
ˌäk-si-ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn 
: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H24N2O9 produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces rimosus)
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Despite encouraging early results at reducing symptoms, therapies like oxytetracycline are still in preliminary stages and require growers to inject the treatment into every infected tree.
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Ayurella Horn-Muller, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2024
In humans, the drugs, oxytetracycline and streptomycin, are used to treat pneumonia, syphilis and a broad array of infections.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
The study, published last week in the journal Phytopathology, found that spraying the drug oxytetracycline on trees had no detectable impact on the bacterial disease know as citrus greening that slowly kills orange and grapefruit trees.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
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Ayurella Horn-Muller, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2024
In humans, the drugs, oxytetracycline and streptomycin, are used to treat pneumonia, syphilis and a broad array of infections.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
The study, published last week in the journal Phytopathology, found that spraying the drug oxytetracycline on trees had no detectable impact on the bacterial disease know as citrus greening that slowly kills orange and grapefruit trees.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
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oxytetracycline
noun
oxy·tet·ra·cy·cline
-ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn
: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H24N2O9 produced by a soil actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. rimosus) see terramycin
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