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Actinomadura

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Actinomadura /Ac·ti·no·ma·du·ra/ (-mah-doo´-rah) a genus of bacteria (family Nocardiaceae), including A. madu´rae, the cause of actinomycotic mycetoma in which the granules in the discharged pus are white, and A. pelletie´ri, the cause of actinomycotic mycetoma in which the granules are red.
Ac·ti·no·mad·u·ra (kt-n-mj-r)
n.
A genus of aerobic, gram-positive, non-acid-fast fungi forming filaments that fragment into spores.

Actinomadura [ak″tĭ-no-mah-doo´rah]
a genus of actinomycetes including A. madu´rae, the cause of maduromycosis in which the granules in the discharged pus are white, and A. pelletier´ii, the cause of maduromycosis in which the granules are red.

Actinomadura
a dubious genus of the Nocardiaceae family; credited with causing cutaneous granulomata in horses.


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