Description: Lincomycin is a lincosamide antibiotic that comes from the actinomycete Streptomyces lincolnensis. Although similar in structure, antibacterial spectrum, and mechanism of action to macrolides, lincomycin is also effective against other organisms including actinomycetes and some species of Mycoplasma and...

Lincomycin is a lincosamide antibiotic originally isolated from S. lincolnensis. It is active against Gram-positive bacteria, including various strains of S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. pneumoniae, and S. pyogenes (MICs = 0.2-3.2, 0.4-1.8, 0.01-0.8, and 0.04-0.8 µg/ml, respectively). Lincomycin selectively inhibits...