Other Notes
Aminoglycoside-antibiotic with broad antibacterial spectrum, (including mycobacteria, many gram-positive and most gram-negative organisms); Additive in culture media for the isolation of group D streptococci on Kanamycin Esculin Azide Agar (Mossel et al.) or for selection of transformed plant cells containing the neomycin phosphotransferase (for kanamycin resistance); on a kanamycin-medium1,2
Application
Aminoglycoside-antibiotic with broad antibacterial spectrum, (including mycobacteria, many gram-positive and most gram-negative organisms); Additive in culture media for the isolation of group D streptococci on Kanamycin Esculin Azide Agar (Mossel et al.) or for selection of transformed plant cells containing the neomycin phosphotransferase (for kanamycin resistance); on a kanamycin-medium1,2
Biochem/physiol Actions
Kanamycin interacts with the 30S subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes thereby inhibiting translocation during protein synthesis 3.