Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A water-soluble broad-spectrum antibiotic, C18H36O11N4, obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus.

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  • noun An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.

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  • noun antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin kanamyc(ēticus), specific epithet (Japanese kana-, golden (from the color of its colonies), combining form of kane, gold (possibly of late Old Chinese origin and akin to Mandarin jīn, and Cantonese gam1, gold) + New Latin mycēticus, fungus, from -mycētēs; see –mycete) + –in.]

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Examples

  • Researchers found that more than 99% of persisters were killed when sugar was added to a class of antibiotics known as aminoglycosides, which includes gentamicin and kanamycin.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • Researchers found that more than 99% of persisters were killed when sugar was added to a class of antibiotics known as aminoglycosides, which includes gentamicin and kanamycin.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • Researchers found that more than 99% of persisters were killed when sugar was added to a class of antibiotics known as aminoglycosides, which includes gentamicin and kanamycin.

    Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer Ann Lukits 2011

  • But environmentalists and some scientists worry that a gene in the potato that confers resistance to kanamycin and neomycin, two important antibiotics, could breed bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotic.

    EU Nations Get More Leeway on Modified Crops Matthew Dalton 2010

  • An independent studyby French scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini released in January 2009 has strengthened their claims, finding thatBtbrinjalproduces a protein that could induce resistance to the widely-used antibiotic kanamycin.

    Independent studies refute GMO safety claims 2009

  • Again, I respond with a nice email explaining that no, there is no way that ampicillin-resistant strain is also resistant to kanamycin.

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  • Again, I respond with a nice email explaining that no, there is no way that ampicillin-resistant strain is also resistant to kanamycin.

    Is there really no such thing as a stupid question? microbiologist xx 2009

  • So they attach a marker gene to it -- in this case a marker gene resistant to the antibiotic kanamycin.

    A Tomato With A Body That Just Won't Quit 2008

  • If the new seeds are resistant to kanamycin, scientists know the engineering process worked.

    A Tomato With A Body That Just Won't Quit 2008

  • Over the years they came up with a string of alternatives, including neomycin, kanamycin, gentamicin and tobramycin.

    Antibiotics 2008

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