TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Actinomycetes A1 - Levinson, Warren A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter A1 - Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 - Nussbaum, Jesse A1 - Schwartz, Brian PY - 2020 T2 - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e AB - Actinomycetes are a family of bacteria that form long, branching filaments that resemble the hyphae of fungi (Figure 22–1). They are gram-positive, but some (such as Nocardia asteroides) are also weakly acid-fast rods (Table 22–1). SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175825846 ER -