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Actinomycete Definition:

  • An aerobic, Gram-positive bacterium that forms branching filaments (hyphae) and asexual spores.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



Actinomycete Notes:

Actinomycetes are filamentous and rod shaped fungus-like bacteria. The ones that are rod shaped are likely to form branching and long chains of cells. Most of the actinomycetes form colonies and true filaments, which resemble fungi; however, the diameter of these filaments is smaller than the diameter of fungi.

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