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Actinomyces

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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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This well-studied recognition system comprises a carbohydrate on Streptococcus sanguis and a lectin on Actinomyces viscosus.
--1-TDC significantly inhibited the growth of Actinomyces viscosus, a microbe that has been shown to play a major role in oral microbial ecosystems.
([dagger]) Other category includes Bifidobacterium (2), Brevibacterium (2), Actinomyces (1), Aureobacterium (1), Erysipelothrix (1), Eubacterium (1), and Oerskovia spp.
 
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