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actinomycetes Biol.|ˈæktɪnəʊmaɪˈsiːtiːz, sometimes anglicized to -ˈmaɪsiːts|
[f. actino- + mycetes.]
A group of minute organisms of the order Actinomycetales, commonly held to be filamentous bacteria; treated as sing. (of less common occurrence) actinomycete.
1916Jrnl. Bacteriol. I. 197 (title) Possible Function of Actinomycetes in Soil. 1919S. A. Waksman in Jrnl. Bacteriol. IV. 189 Studies in the metabolism of the actinomycetes. 1935Lancet 2 Nov. 1014/2 (title) Pathogenic Actinomycetes. 1947C. E. Skinner et al. Henrici's Molds, Yeasts, & Actinomycetes (ed. 2) 351 The term actinomycete we write in the lower case to indicate that it is not used in a taxonomic sense but somewhat in the manner we would use yeast or mold. 1950Lancet 22 July 138/1 The actinomycetes, a heterogeneous group comprising many thousands of species, are found in soil (in which they may represent nearly a quarter of the cultivable micro-organisms), in dust, fresh water, and lake bottoms, in decaying plant and animal residues, and on vegetation. |