- nocardioform actinomycetes
- a morphological group of actinomycetes characterized by a fugacious mycelium that breaks up into bacillary or coccal forms; all genera in this group are gram-positive and aerobic.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
nocardioform actinomycetes
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Gordonia — Gor·do·nia (gor doґne ə) [Ruth E. Gordon, American bacteriologist, 20th century] a genus of nocardioform actinomycetes of the family Gordoniaceae, occurring widely in soil and water; organisms are gram positive to gram variable, aerobic,… … Medical dictionary
