NOUN
- any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
How To Use actinomycete In A Sentence
- Casuarina trees form root nodules in symbiotic association with the soil actinomycete Frankia that fixes atmospheric nitrogen. 1. Introduction
- Casuarinas belong to a group of more than 170 species of actinomycete-nodulated woody plants that fix atmospheric nitrogen. 1. Introduction
- Many drugs, including the antibiotic streptomycin, are derived from soil microbes called actinomycetes.
- The nitrogen that the actinomycete in the nodules fixes enables the casuarinas to grow well in soils that otherwise would be too deficient in nitrogen to sustain plant growth. 1. Introduction
- As discussed previously, the root hairs of most casuarina species are invaded by the filamentous soil actinomycete, Frankia. 3. The Plants
- Actinomycosis is a chronic infection caused by various bacteria called actinomycetes.
- In 1915 Dr. Waksman and one of his assistants had isolated from the soil a strain of actinomycete which they called Actinomyces griseus. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech
- Nitrogen fixation by actinomycete-nodulated angiosperms. Chapter 13
- Hippopha possesses a strong capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen in its root nodules when associated with the actinomycete, Frankia. Chapter 26
- L 892 is an actinomycete strain isolated from soil sample collected at Guangdong Province.
