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Actinomyces

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Definition: A genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are nonmotile. Filaments that may be present in certain species are either straight or wavy and may have swollen or clubbed heads.  a genus of the family ACTINOMYCETACEAE of the order ACTINOMYCETALES; infection   
Examples Actinomyces viscosus
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
texazone  87081-53-6 3H-Phenoxazine-8-carboxylic acid, 2-(methylamino)-3-oxo  *Oxazines Actinomyces. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1983;36(6):688
corallomycin  72750-80-2   Actinomyces. Antibiotiki 1981;26(4):243
chromotrienine  58318-48-2   Actinomyces. Antibiotiki 20(11):973;1975

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