Term Name:	antimicrobial agent
Synonyms:	antibiotic, antibiotics, Antibiotika, Antibiotikum, antibiotique, antimicrobial, antimicrobial agents, antimicrobials, microbicide, microbicides
Definition:	A substance that kills or slows the growth of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans.
Ontology:	ChEBI [CHEBI:33281] ( EBI )

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is a type of:	biological role
has subtype:	alicyclic antibiotics aliphatic antibiotics amino acid derivative antibiotics antibacterial agent antibiotic pesticide antifungal agent antimicrobial cosmetic preservative antimicrobial drug antimicrobial food preservative antiviral agent calcium-dependent antibiotics disinfectant nucleoside antibiotic
inverse has_role:	(+)-N-(methoxycarbonyl)-N-norboldine (-)-anisomycin (-)-antofine (-)-chuangxinmycin (-)-cubebin (-)-marinopyrrole A (-)-marinopyrrole B (1R,2S)-epoxypropylphosphonate(1-) (E,E)-germacrone 1-(hydroxymethyl)-5,5-dimethylhydantoin 2'-deamino-2'-hydroxyneamine 2-chloroacetamide 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone 3',4',5,7-tetrahydroxy-3-methoxyflavone 3,3'-neotrehalosadiamine 3,6,9-trihydroxypterocarpan 4'-epidoxorubicin 4-(2-nitrobutyl)morpholine 4-(4-methylphenyl)-2,6-dipyridin-2-ylpyridine 4-chloro-m-cresol 4-hydroxymellein 5-chloro-7-iodoquinolin-8-ol 5-hydroxy-7-prop-2-en-(E)-ylidene-7,7a-dihydro- 2H-cyclopenta[b]pyran-6-one 5-hydroxy-7-prop-2-en-(Z)-ylidene-7,7a-dihydro- 2H-cyclopenta[b]pyran-6-one 4849F acivicin aclacinomycin A aclacinomycin A zwitterion aclacinomycin N aclacinomycin S aclacinomycin S zwitterion aclacinomycin T aclacinomycin T hydrochloride aclacinomycin T zwitterion aclacinomycin Y aclacinomycin Y zwitterion actinorhodin aculeacin A adxanthromycin A adxanthromycin B agrochelin agrocin 84 albomycin albomycin delta1 albomycin delta2 albomycin epsilon alkaloid antibiotic alkylguanidinium biocide alliin alliin zwitterion allyl isothiocyanate alpha-mangostin alpha-phellandrene amikacin amikacin disulfate amoxicillin trihydrate angucycline antibiotic ansamitocin P3 anthracycline antibiotic anticapsin anticapsin zwitterion antimycin A9 aphidicolin apramycin arbekacin arisugacin A arisugacin B arisugacin C arisugacin D AS-186a AS-186b AS-186c AS-186g asukamycin Augmentin avibactam avibactam sodium avilamycin A azaserine azoxybacilin bacillaene bacilysocin bacitracin A bacteriohopane-32,33,34,35-tetrol bambermycin bassiatin BE-23372M BE-24566B BE-54238A BE-54238B bilanafos bisdechlorogeodin blasticidin S bleomycin bleomycin hydrochloride borrelidin botrallin brartemicin brasilicardin A brasiliquinone A brasiliquinone B brasiliquinone C bromazine bromazine hydrochloride butirosin A butirosin B C-1027 chromophore cannabidiol carbocyclic antibiotic carbohydrate-containing antibiotic carvacrol cathestatin A cathestatin B cefaloglycin cefalotin cefluprenam cefmetazole sodium ceftaroline ceftaroline fosamil ceftaroline fosamil acetate ceftaroline fosamil acetate monohydrate ceftobiprole celesticetin cellocidin cerulenin CHIR-090 chloramphenicol chloroeremomycin chloromethylisothiazolinone chloroorienticin B chloropeptin I chloropeptin II chondrochloren A chondrochloren B chrysogeside B ciprofloxacin citric acid clomocycline co-trimoxazole compactin diol lactone coumermycin A1 CT2108A CT2108B curamycin A cytotrienin A D-alanylgriseoluteic acid zwitterion dalbavancin dapdiamide debromolaurinterol decatromicin A Defencath devancoaminyl vancomycin dicerandrol A dicerandrol B dicerandrol C diperamycin EI-1511-5 EI-1625-2 elloramycin A embelin enniatin A enniatin B enrofloxacin erylatissin A erylatissin B erylatissin C espicufolin F390B F390C farnesol finafloxacin florfenicol flumequine fluoroquinolone antibiotic fluvirucin A1 formobactin fosfomycin fosmidomycin FR207944 FR901463 FR901464 FR901469 hydrochloride fraxetin fumagillin fumagillol furanomycin galangin gamma-L-glutamylbutirosin B gatifloxacin geldanamycin gemifloxacin gemifloxacin mesylate gilvusmycin glionitrin A gougerotin hadacidin herbimycin heterocyclic antibiotic hexamidine hydrogen peroxide hygrolidin IC202A IC202B IC202C ikarugamycin ilicicolin ilicicolin H imidurea indolmycin K-252a kalimantacin A kalimantacin B kalimantacin C L-propargylglycine zwitterion lactonamycin lancovutide linalool linalyl acetate lincomycin liriodenine lomefloxacin lomefloxacin hydrochloride loracarbef LTX-109 lucensimycin E lupulone lymecycline macrolide antibiotic manumycin A mastoparan maytansine methylene blue methylisothiazolinone metronidazole metronidazole benzoate metronidazole hydrochloride mitomycin A mitomycin B ML-236C monacolin J moromycin B muraymycin D2 zwitterion mutalomycin sodium salt mycophenolic acid myriocin N-trans-cinnamoyltyramine nalidixic acid neophytadiene neopyrrolomycin B nidulalin A nigericin nitrofuran antibiotic nitroxoline nocardicin E(2-) nocardione A novclobiocin 109 novobiocin NP-101A O-(2-aminoethyl)-L-serine oct-1-en-3-ol oligomycin oligomycin mixture olivomycin A oritavancin oxolinic acid oxyphenbutazone oxyphenbutazone hydrate oxytetracycline palmariol B pannarin patulin paxanthonin penimepicycline pentadecanal pentalenolactone peptide antibiotic phenazine-1-carboxylic acid phleomycin phleomycin D1 phomacin C phosphatoquinone A phosphatoquinone B physalin B piericidin A pipacycline pirazofurin platencin platensimycin PM-94128 polyene antibiotic polymyxin potassium bitartrate potassium clavulanate pradimicin primin pristinamycin pristinamycin IA prodigiosin prontosil propamidine propamidine isethionate propolis extract propylparaben puromycin pyridoxatin pyrithiamine pyrophosphate quinolone antibiotic ravidomycin respirantin reumycin ribostamycin ribostamycin sulfate rifamycin SV rifaximin ristocetin roseoflavin rubiarbonol G sarasinoside J sclareol silver(1+) sulfadiazinate sinefungin sodium L-lactate sophoraflavanone G sophoraisoflavanone A spectinomycin spectinomycin dihydrochloride spectinomycin hydrochloride hydrate SPF-32629A SPF-32629B spiramycin I spiramycin II streptokordin streptolydigin streptomycin streptonigrin streptothricin D streptothricin F streptothricin F(3+) streptozocin sulfacetamide sulfacetamide sodium sulfacetamide sodium anhydrous sulfadiazine sulfadimethoxine sulfamethazine sulfamethizole sulfamethoxazole sulfamoxole sulfonamide antibiotic tazobactam tazobactam sodium tedizolid tedizolid phosphate teicoplanin teicoplanin A2 telavancin telavancin hydrochloride tetracenomycin tetracycline tetracycline zwitterion thiamphenicol thiazomycin thiomarinol A thiomarinol B thiomarinol C thiomarinol D thiomarinol E thiomarinol F thiomarinol G TMC-52A TMC-52B TMC-52C TMC-52D TMC-86A TMC-86B TMC-89A TMC-89B TMC-95A TMC-95B TMC-95C TMC-95D TMC-96 TMC-135A TMC-135B tobramycin topopyrone A topopyrone B topopyrone C topopyrone D tosufloxacin tosufloxacin tosylate tosufloxacin tosylate hydrate triclocarban trierixin trovafloxacin trovafloxacin mesylate tschimganine tubelactomicin A tunicamycin tunicamycin A0 tunicamycin A1 tunicamycin A2 tunicamycin B1 tunicamycin B2 tunicamycin B3 tunicamycin C1 tunicamycin C2 tunicamycin D1 tunicamycin D2 UCS1025 A UK-2A UK-2B UK-3A valanimycin validamycin A(1+) validamycins valinomycin vancomycin vinylamycin viridicatumtoxin YM-47141 YM-47142 YM-47522 Zerbaxa zorbamycin