{{Short description|Combination antimicrobial}} {{Drugbox | image = Pristinamycin IIA.svg | image_class = skin-invert-image | image2 = Virginiamycin_S1.png | image_class2 = skin-invert-image
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<!--Combo data--> | type = combo | component1 = Virginiamycin S1 | class1 = streptogramin B antibiotic | component2 = Pristinamycin IIA | class2 = streptogramin A antibiotic
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<!--Identifiers--> | CAS_number_Ref = {{cascite|correct|??}} | CAS_number = 11006-76-1 | ATC_prefix = D06 | ATC_suffix = AX10 | ATC_supplemental = {{ATCvet|J01|FG90}} | PubChem = | DrugBank_Ref = {{drugbankcite|changed|drugbank}} | DrugBank = DB01669 | UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}} | UNII = C49WS9N75L | KEGG_Ref = {{keggcite|correct|kegg}} | KEGG = D06311 | ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|changed|EBI}} | ChEBI = 87209 | NIAID_ChemDB = 008734
<!--Chemical data--> | melting_point = 138 | melting_high = 140 | melting_notes = (dec.) }}
'''Virginiamycin''' is a streptogramin antibiotic similar to pristinamycin and quinupristin/dalfopristin. It is a combination of pristinamycin IIA (virginiamycin M1) and virginiamycin S1.<ref name="pmid4568014">{{cite journal | vauthors = Crooy P, De Neys R | title = Virginiamycin: nomenclature | journal = The Journal of Antibiotics | volume = 25 | issue = 6 | pages = 371–2 | date = June 1972 | pmid = 4568014 | doi = 10.7164/antibiotics.25.371 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Virginiamycin is used in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent microbial contamination.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fathom.com/course/21701753/session4.html |title=University of Michigan: Resistant Microbes, Antibiotic Abuse, and the Threat to Public Health |access-date=2009-03-01 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081028215438/http://www.fathom.com/course/21701753/session4.html |archive-date=2008-10-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is also used in agriculture, specifically in livestock, to accelerate the growth of the animals and to prevent and treat infections. <ref name="msnbc">{{cite web |author1=Margie Mason |author2=Martha Mendoza|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/drug-resistant-infections-lurk-meat-we-eat-flna1c9444000 |title=Drug-resistant infections lurk in the meat we eat | work = NBC News |date=29 December 2009 |access-date=December 29, 2009 }}</ref> Antibiotics also save as much as 30% in feed costs among young swine, although the savings fade as pigs get older, according to a USDA study.<ref name="msnbc"/>
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