English > actinomycete: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales. |
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| Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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| Member of | Actinomycetales, order Actinomycetales | filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria |
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| Narrower | streptomyces | aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin) |
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| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
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| Spanish | actinobacteria |
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| Catalan | actinobacteria |
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| Adjectives | actinomycetal, actinomycetous | of or belonging to the actinomycetes |
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