Category:Actinomycetes

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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


Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

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Pages in category "Actinomycetes"

The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.