This nomenclature system is not specific for aminoglycosides, as vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic and erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin are macrolides-all of which differ in their mechanism of actions.
This nomenclature system is not specific for aminoglycosides. For example vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic and erythromycin, which is produced from a defunct species of "Streptomyces" along with its synthetic derivatives clarithromycin and azithromycin are macrolides-all of which differ in their mechanism of actions.