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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.
 
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*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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*Cause pyogranulomatous lesions
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*Unclassified ''Actinomyces'' species isolated from closed cases of [[Bursae and Tendons Inflammatory - Pathology#Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers|Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers]]
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[[Category:Actinomycetes]][[Category:Gram positive bacteria]]
 
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[[Category:Rods]]
 
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