An antibiotic which is used in molecular and cell biology to select for transformed cells expressing the hygromycin resistance gene; kills prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells by inhibiting protein synthesis.

An ionophorous antibiotic that preferentially forms complexes with monovalent cations for lipid-soluble transport across membrane bilayers; active against Gram-positive bacteria such as Micrococcus, Bacillus, and Staphylococcus (MICs = 1-12.5 µg/ml), of P. falciparum and Coccicdium protozoa,…

A non-ionic detergent used to solubilize membrane-bound proteins, to precipitate cholesterol, and to permeabilize cell membranes.