Abstract
Lincomycin, an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lincolnensis var. lincolnensis, has the following structure (Hoeksema et al., 1964).
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Chang, F.N., Weisblum, B. (1967). Lincomycin. In: Gottlieb, D., Shaw, P.D. (eds) Mechanism of Action. Antibiotics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46051-7_33
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