actinomycete

ac·tin·o·my·cete

A5072600 (ăk-tĭn′ō-mī′sēt, ăk′tə-nō-)n. Any of various spore-forming, chiefly filamentous bacteria of the order Actinomycetales that are abundant in soil. Some species produce natural antibiotics, and some are human pathogens.

actinomycete

(ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈsiːt) n (Microbiology) any bacterium of the group Actinomycetes, usually filamentous in form[C20: from actino- + -mycete]

ac•tin•o•my•cete

(ækˌtɪn oʊˈmaɪ sit, -maɪˈsit, ˌæk tə noʊ-)

n. any of several rod-shaped or filamentous, aerobic or anaerobic bacteria of the phylum Chlamydobacteriae, or in some classification schemes, the order Actinomycetales, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and animals. [1915–20] ac•tin`o•my•ce′tous, adj.

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actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetalesanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementeubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagellaActinomycetales, order Actinomycetales - filamentous or rod-shaped bacteriastreptomyces - aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin)

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