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Actinomycetales

Medical Definition:	An order of gram-positive, primarily aerobic BACTERIA that tend to form branching filaments.
Guide Notes:	infection = ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS
Also Called:	Corynebacteriaceae,Coryneform Group

Actinomycetales Categories.

	Actinomycetaceae - A family of bacteria including numerous parasitic and pathogenic forms.
	Brevibacterium - A gram-positive organism found in dairy products, fresh and salt water, marine organisms, insects, and decaying organic matter.
	Cellulomonas - A genus of aerobic or facultatively anerobic BACTERIA, in the family Cellulomonadaceae. It is found in the SOIL and capable of hydrolyzing CELLULOSE.
	Corynebacterium - A genus of asporogenous bacteria that is widely distributed in nature. Its organisms appear as straight to slightly curved rods and are known to be human and animal parasites and pathogens.
	Frankia - Genus of BACTERIA in the family Frankiaceae. They are nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbionts of many species of woody dicotyledonous plants.
	Gordonia Bacterium - A genus of gram-positive BACTERIA in the family Gordoniaceae, isolated from soil and from sputa of patients with chest disorders. It is also used for biotransformation of natural products.
	Micrococcaceae - A family of bacteria ranging from free living and saprophytic to parasitic and pathogenic forms.
	Mycobacteriaceae - A family of gram-positive bacteria found in soil and dairy products and as parasites on animals and man. Several are important pathogens.
	Nocardiaceae - A family of gram-positive, aerobic actinomycetes found in soil and animal tissue. Some species are the cause of infection in man and animals.
	Propionibacteriaceae - A family of gram-positive bacteria found in dairy products or in the intestinal tracts of animals.

Actinomycetales Medical Definitions and Terms

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