单词 | actinomycetes |
释义 | actinomycetesn. Biology. With plural agreement. Rod-shaped or filamentous Gram-positive bacteria belonging to a diverse group having a tendency to form branching colonies resembling the mycelium of a fungus, including many soil-dwelling and some pathogenic genera.Although no longer classified as fungi, actinomycetes (also called ray fungi) are still sometimes grouped with them in non-specialist contexts. They include the pathogens of tuberculosis, diphtheria, and nocardiosis, and the sources of many antibiotics (the streptomycetes). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > types of vibrio1850 micrococcus1870 microzyme1870 Spirillum1875 mycothrix1876 leptothrix1877 Spirochaete1877 streptococcus1877 Actinomyces1879 frogspawn1880 schizophyte1880 schizomycetes1881 gonococcus1882 saprophile1882 vibrion1882 coccus1883 diplococcus1883 streptobacteria1883 Clostridium1884 actinomycetes1885 pneumococcus1885 macrococcus1887 staphylococcus1887 iron bacterium1888 Proteus1888 ferrobacterium1890 meningococcus1890 rhizobium1890 sulphobacteria1890 nitrobacterium1891 Streptothrix1891 sulphur bacterium1891 myxobacter1892 Myxococcus1892 tetracoccus1893 coli1894 Pasteurella1895 pyrotoxin1895 Gaertner1897 purple bacterium1897 myxobacterium1898 pseudomonas1899 thiobacteria1900 treponema1908 corynebacterium1909 mycobacterium1909 Salmonella1913 Neisseria1915 botulinum1916 rickettsia1916 leptospira1918 acetobacter1920 Brucella1920 pseudomonad1921 strep1927 enterobacterium1929 opportunist1937 eubacterium1939 agrobacterium1942 persister1944 Moraxella1948 enteric1956 streptomycete1956 leptospire1957 transformant1957 lysogen1958 listeria1961 C. difficile1962 yersinia1967 Campylobacter1971 cyanobacterium1973 coryneform1976 eubacterium1977 legionella1979 acetogen1982 C. diff.1990 acidophilous1996 1885 Science 20 Feb. 158/2 The micrococci are first taken up, then the bacteria proper..and finally the fungi, including actinomycetes. 1913 H. J. Wheeler Manures & Fertilizers iv. 39 The actinomycetes are also found in stable manure, certain of which are capable of enduring high temperatures. 1950 Lancet 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. 1981 Amer. Biol. Teacher 43 486/1 Examples of monerans include all the bacteria (even the ‘actinomycetes’—which ought to be called ‘actinobacteria’). 1995 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 29 Oct. 15/3 That grey, powdery growth is produced by a thread-like group of bacteria called actinomycetes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1885 |
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