(ăk″tĭ-nō-mī″sĕ-tā′lēz)
[Pronunciation]
An order of bacteria that includes the families Mycobacteriaceae, Actinomycetaceae, Actinoplanaceae, Dermatophilaceae, Micromonosporaceae, Nocardiaceae, and Streptomycetaceae.
Actinomycetales is a sample definition found in
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