actinomyces

Noun
  • Soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites (synset 101378401)
    hypernym: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
    member meronym: genus actinomyces - type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae

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