Phleomycin Explained

Phleomycins are a group of glycopeptide antibiotics found in Streptomyces which are closely related to bleomycin.^[1]

Examples include:

• Phleomycin C
• Phleomycin D1 (zeocin)
• Phleomycin D2
• Phleomycin E

Notes and References

1. A new antibiotic, phleomycin . Maeda, Kenji . Kosaka, Hiroko . Yagishita, Koki . Umezawa, Hamao . Journal of Antibiotics . 1956 . 9 . 2 . 82–85 . 13345730.