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Actinomyces
(redirected from Actinomyces viscosus)

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Actinomyces [‚ak·tə·nō′mī·sēs]
(microbiology)
The type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae; anaerobic to facultatively anaerobic; includes human and animal pathogens.


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Human disease also may be caused by Actinomyces naeslundii, Actinomyces odontolyticus, Actinomyces viscosus, Actinomyces meyeri, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
2,3) The specific etiologic agents include Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces naeslundii, Actinomyces odontolyticus, and Actinomyces viscosus.
Individual bacteria of the species Actinomyces viscosus actually have two types of fimbriae, John O.
 
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