Difference between revisions of "Category:Actinomycetes"
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Revision as of 12:24, 10 May 2010
Overview
- Gram positive bacteria
- Grow slowly on media and produce branching filaments
- Opportunistic infections causing inflammatory responses and granulomatous reactions
- Animal pathogens include Actinomyces, Arcanobacterium, Actinobaculum, Nocardia and Dermatophilus
Arcanobacterium, Actinomyces and Actinobaculum species
- Non-motile, non-spore-forming bacteria
- Anaerobic or facultative anaerobes
- Grow on enriched media; non-acid fast
- Colonise mucous membranes
- Modified Ziehl-Neelson negative
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- Micropolyspora faeni and Thermactinomyces vulgaris in Bovine Farmers Lung
- Thermactinomyces vulgaris may cause COPD
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Actinomycetes"
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.