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Related terms:
actinomycetales
arthrobacter
bifidobacterium
brevibacterium
corynebacterium
micrococcaceae
mycobacteriaceae
nocardiaceae
propionibacteriaceae
Bacterium
actinomycetaceae
Subclass of:
Actinobacteria class; Actinomycetales
Definitions related to actinomycetaceae:
  • A family of bacteria including numerous parasitic and pathogenic forms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of filamentous or rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria with type genus actinomyces.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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