ACTINOMYCETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does actinomycete mean? 

• ACTINOMYCETE (noun)
  The noun ACTINOMYCETE has 1 sense:

1. any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales

  Familiarity information: ACTINOMYCETE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINOMYCETE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("actinomycete" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "actinomycete"):

streptomyces (aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin))

Holonyms ("actinomycete" is a member of...):

Actinomycetales; order Actinomycetales (filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria)

Derivation:

actinomycetal; actinomycetous (of or belonging to the actinomycetes)

 Context examples 

A naturally-occurring salinosporamide, isolated from the marine actinomycete Salinospora tropica, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Marizomib, NCI Thesaurus)

An aminocoumarin antibiotic, produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces nivens, with antibacterial property.

(Novobiocin, NCI Thesaurus)

A narrow-spectrum, 18-membered macrolide antibiotic isolated from the actinomycete Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subsp. hamdenensis with potential antibacterial activity.

(Fidaxomicin, NCI Thesaurus)

Any synthetic or semi-synthetic derivative of lincomycin, first isolated from a soil actinomycete Streptomyces lincolnensis, with antibacterial activity.

(Lincosamide Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

The anhydrous hydrochloride salt form of lincomycin, a lincosamide antibiotic originally identified in actinomycete Streptomyces lincolnensis with activity against gram-positive cocci and anaerobic bacteria.

(Lincomycin Hydrochloride Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of lincomycin, a lincosamide antibiotic originally identified in actinomycete Streptomyces lincolnensis with activity against gram-positive cocci and anaerobic bacteria.

(Lincomycin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by fungi and actinomycetes.

(Mycetoma, NCI Thesaurus)