An antibacterial and antimycobacterial reagent.

• Broad spectrum cell culture antibiotic that is nontoxic to viruses and mammalian cells at antibacterial levels
• Active against gram positive and gram negative bacteria and mycoplasma; useful for long-term virus and tissue culture studies
• Interferes with bacterial protein synthesis by binding to L6 protein of 50S ribosomal subunit
• Common working concentration is 5 μg/mL