Medical Dictionary

Actinomycetales

noun pl Ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·les \-ˌmī-sə-ˈtā-(ˌ)lēz\

Medical Definition of ACTINOMYCETALES

:  an order of filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria tending strongly to the development of branches and true mycelium and lacking photosynthetic pigment—see mycobacteriaceae, streptomycetaceae

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