streptothrix

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Meaning

1. noun Any of the former genus Streptothrix of bacilli, having long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted. Some species are now classified in genus Actinomyces.

Similar words

actinomyces streptobacillus strepto streptomycete streptomyces streptococcus spirobacterium streptophyte mycothrix bacillus

Often followed by

actinomyces group in infection muris bovis and was organisms