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Preferred term

Actinobacteria  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Actinomycete
  • Actinomycetes
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria, High G+C
  • High G+C Gram-Positive Bacteria

Scope note

  • Class of BACTERIA with diverse morphological properties. Strains of Actinobacteria show greater than 80% 16S rDNA/rRNA sequence similarity among each other and also the presence of certain signature nucleotides. (Stackebrandt E. et al, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:479-491)

History note

  • 2003; for ACTINOMYCETES use ACTINOMYCETALES 1997-2002 & 1963-1966

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D039903

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