Actinomycete

Meaning

Noun

●

In Bacteria:

Any of various

or

, of the order Actinomycetales, that

. Some

are

and some are

of antibiotics.

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Origin

actinomycete

English

-mycete

English

actino-

English

ἀκτίς

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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Synonyms

Actinobacterium

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