Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various filamentous, mostly anaerobic microorganisms of the genus Actinomyces, which includes the causative agents of actinomycosis.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The ray-fungus: so called from the rosettes of club-shaped structures in which it presents itself. The disease actinomycosis is caused by the presence of this fungus.
- n. [capitalized] [NL. (Harz, 1877).] A genus of fungi of doubtful relationship. The type is A. bovis, the ray-fungus. See actinomyces, 1.
WordNet 3.0
- n. soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
Etymologies
- New Latin Actīnomycēs, genus name : actino- + Greek mukēs, fungus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The thermophilic, cellulolytic, and starch-utilizing actinomyces, such as Thermoactinomyces sp., may provide an opportunity to produce single-cell protein for feed supplements in tropical climates.”
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“The actinomyces gain access to the bone through a carious tooth or through the gum.”
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“Oral cavity contains millions of anaerobic bacteria like fusobacterium and actinomyces which acts on the protein of food materials and putrefies them.”
“Propionibacterium bifidobacterium lactobacillus actinomyces”
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“Pack) is pre-eminent microbe consortium (bacterium of aktinomycetes, yeast, and mushroom aktinomycetes - species actinomyces naeslundii, Lactobacillus species delbrueckii, Bacillus”
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