Actinomycetaceae
noun plural
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  -ˌmī-sə-ˈtā-sē-ˌē  
                                                      
                                                          
            
                                
              
          
                                                      : a family of filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria of the order Actinomycetales that are often branched, sometimes produce conidia, and sometimes form a mycelium that readily breaks up into bacillary elements                                      
                
                    
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