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Actinomycetales

noun

filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria

• Syn: ↑order Actinomycetales

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑division Eubacteria

• Member Meronyms:

↑actinomycete, ↑Actinomycetaceae, ↑family Actinomycetaceae, ↑Streptomycetaceae, ↑family Streptomycetaceae, ↑Mycobacteriaceae, ↑family Mycobacteriaceae

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\\-ˌmīsəˈtā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Actinomycet-, Actinomyces + -ales

: an order of filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria tending strongly to the development of branches and true mycelium and lacking photosynthetic pigment — see mycobacteriaceae, streptomycetaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.