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Tetracycline (Tetracyclin) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic with inhibitory activity against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia. Tetracycline is commonly used in anti-infective studies.

Tetracycline hydrochloride (NCI-c55561) is the hydrochloride salt of the tetracycline, a broad-spectrum naphthacene antibiotic produced semisynthetically from chlortetracycline, an antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. In bacteria, tetracycline blocks binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis and bacterial cell growth. Because naturally, fluorescing tetracycline binds to a newly formed bone at the bone/osteoid interface, tetracycline-labeling of bone and fluorescence microscopy may be used to perform bone histomorphometry.

Tetracycline-d6 is a deuterated compound of Tetracycline.