Aminoglycosides

Aminoglycosides are antibiotics effective against some bacteria. Note that aminoglycosides derived from Streptomyces species are named with the suffix -mycin, while those derived from micromonospora are named with the suffix -micin. (These antibiotics are misspelled frequently).

Members common in the lab

• gentamicin

• kanamycin
• neomycin
• streptomycin

• G418 = geneticin

Links

• Wikipedia entry [1]
• Bioforum thread on aminoglycosides [2]