*Usually long filamentous branching Gram positive rods
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*Anaerobic or facultativlyy anaerobic and capnophilic
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*Live in nasopharyngeal and oral mucosa
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|pagebody =The ''Actinomyces'' species are usually long, filamentous, branching Gram positive rods. They live in the nasopharyngeal and oral mucosa and can cause pyogranulomatous lesions.