Selective Agents

Lincomycin

Lincomycin is a lincosamide first isolated from Streptomyces licolnensis by researchers at Upjohn in 1962. This class of antibacterial contains a rare amino acid (4-propyl-N-methylprolin) coupled to an equally rare aminomethylthio-octopyranoside sugar...

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Rifampicin

Rifampicin (syn: Rifampin) is a semisynthetic antimicrobial compound derived from rifamycin SV and originally developed by the Lepetit group in 1965.  Rifampicin shows activity against Gram-positive bacteria, particularly mycobacteria like...

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Cycloheximide ReadyMade™ Solution

Cycloheximide ReadyMade™ Solution (10% in DMSO, Sterile) is a solution of Cycloheximde formulated in DMSO at a concentration of 100 mg/ml.   It is a glutarimide antibiotic and natural fungicide isolated from Streptomyces...

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Cetrimide

Cetrimide is a bactericidal cationic surfactant used against Gram-positive bacteria.  It is commonly used in selective medium to isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cetrimide is an active ingredient in Cetavlon, a detergent used in plant surface...

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Amphotericin B, Solubilized

Amphotericin B, Solubilized is a polyene macrolide aminoglycoside broad-spectrum antimycotic.  This bioactive natural product was isolated from soil collected from Orinoco River (Venezuela) in 1955 and identified as Streptomyces nodosus by Squibb...

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Amphotericin B, USP

Amphotericin B, USP (syn: Fungizone) is a polyene macrolide aminoglycoside broad-spectrum antimycotic.  This bioactive natural product was isolated from soil collected from Orinoco River (Venezuela) in 1955 and identified as Streptomyces nodosus by...

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Amphotericin B, EP

Amphotericin B, EP (syn: Fungizone) is a polyene macrolide aminoglycoside broad-spectrum antimycotic.  This bioactive natural product was isolated from soil collected from Orinoco River (Venezuela) in 1955 and identified as Streptomyces nodosus by...

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Irgasan (Triclosan)

Irgasan (Triclosan) is a broad spectrum antibacterial agent that inhibits bacterial fatty acid synthesis.   Irgasan is slightly soluble in water and freely soluble in ethanol and methanol. Mechanism of Action Irgasan demonstrates a...

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Teicoplanin

Teicoplanin (syn: Targocid, Teichomycin) is a lipoglycopeptide complex first reported from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus in 1978.  Teicoplanin is a mixture of several compounds including five major compounds (Teicoplanin A2-1 through A2-5), and four...

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Cycloheximide

Cycloheximide is a glutarimide antibiotic and natural fungicide isolated from Streptomyces griseus and a protein synthesis inhibitor in eukaryotic cells. It was discovered by Alma Whiffen-Barksdale of Upjohn Company in 1946. Cycloheximide is routinely...

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Sulfadiazine

Sulfadiazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic that was developed in 1940 by Richard Roblin at the Stamford Research Laboratories of the American Cyanamid Company to be a more potent and less toxic alternative to Sulfapyridine. Sulfadiazine is a bacteriostatic...

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Vancomycin Hydrochloride, USP

Vancomycin Hydrochloride, USP (syn: Vancomycin HCl) is a glycopeptide antibiotic derived from Streptomyces orientalis that was discovered in 1953 from a soil sample found in Borneo. It is effective against Gram-positive bacteria such as...

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