- genus Actinomyces
- nountype genus of the family Actinomycetaceae• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Actinomycetaceae, ↑family Actinomycetaceae• Member Meronyms: ↑actinomyces
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genus Actinomyces
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Actinomyces naeslundii — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Actinomyces naeslundii image width = 240px image caption = Histopathological changes due to A. naeslundii . regnum = Bacteria phylum = Actinobacteria ordo = Actinomycetales familia = Actinomycetaceae genus =… … Wikipedia
Actinomyces — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Actinomyces image width = 240px image caption = Scanning electron micrograph of Actinomyces israelii . domain = Bacteria phylum = Actinobacteria ordo = Actinomycetales familia = Actinomycetaceae genus =… … Wikipedia
Actinomyces — ? Актиномицеты Actinomyces israelii … Википедия
Actinomyces — A genus of slow growing, nonmotile, nonsporeforming, anaerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (family Actinomycetaceae) containing Gram positive, irregularly staining filaments; diphtheroid cells may be predominant. They exhibit true… … Medical dictionary
actinomyces — noun (plural actinomyces) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from actin + Greek mykēt , mykēs fungus; akin to Greek myxa mucus more at mucus Date: 1882 any of a genus (Actinomyces) of filamentous or rod shaped bacteria that includes usually… … New Collegiate Dictionary
actinomyces — actinomycetal, adj. /ak tin oh muy seez, ak teuh noh /, n., pl. actinomyces. Bacteriol. any of several saprophytic, filamentous, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Actinomyces, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and animals. [ < NL… … Universalium
actinomyces — ac•tin•o•my•ces [[t]ækˌtɪn oʊˈmaɪ siz, ˌæk tə noʊ [/t]] n. pl. ces mcr any of several filamentous, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Actinomyces, certain species of which are pathogenic • Etymology: < NL (1877) = Gk aktino actino +mýkēs fungus… … From formal English to slang
actinomyces — noun soil inhabiting saprophytes and disease producing plant and animal parasites • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Actinomyces … Useful english dictionary
Actinomyces — n. a genus of Gram positive nonmotile fungus like bacteria that cause disease in animals and humans. The species A. israelii is the causative organism of human actinomycosis … The new mediacal dictionary
bacteria genus — noun a genus of bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Heliobacter, ↑genus Heliobacter, ↑Aerobacter, ↑genus Aerobacter, ↑Rhizobium, ↑genus Rhizobium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
