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Descriptor English: Actinomyces
Descriptor Spanish: Actinomyces
Descriptor Actinomyces
Scope note: Género de bacterias grampositivas de forma bacilar cuyos organismos son inmóviles. Los filamentos que pueden estar presentes en ciertas especies son rectos u ondulantes y pueden tener cabezas en forma de globo o de maza.
Descriptor Portuguese: Actinomyces
Descriptor French: Actinomyces
Tree number(s): B03.510.024.049.050.050
B03.510.460.400.400.049.049.178
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000190
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: a genus of the family ACTINOMYCETACEAE of the order ACTINOMYCETALES; infection = ACTINOMYCOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 198
Unique ID: D000190
NLM Classification: QW 125.5.A2
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Actinomyces - Preferred
Concept UI M0000283
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Actinomyces



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