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Category:Actinomycetes (view source)
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===Overview===
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|pagebody = Actinomycetes organisms are gram positive bacteria that grow slowly on media and produce branching filaments. They are associated with opportunistic infections causing inflammatory responses and granulomatous reactions; animal pathogens include ''Actinomyces, Arcanobacterium, Actinobaculum, Nocardia'' and ''Dermatophilus''.
Actinomycetes organisms are non-motile, non-spore-forming bacteria which are anaerobic or facultative anaerobes that typically colonise mucous membranes. They will grow on enriched media and are non-acid fast, Modified Ziehl-Neelson negative when stained.
Clinically, this class of organisms includes ''Micropolyspora faeni and Thermactinomyces vulgaris'' - these are implicated in [[Extrinsic Allergic Bronchio-Alveolitis|Bovine Farmers Lung]] and ''Thermactinomyces vulgaris'' is associated with the pathology of [[Recurrent Airway Obstruction|RAO]] in horses.
===''Arcanobacterium, Actinomyces'' and ''Actinobaculum'' species===
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[[Category:Bacterial Organisms]]
[[Category:Gram_positive_bacteria]]
[[Category:Bacteria]]