actinomyceten.

1927 A. C. Thaysen & H. J. Bunker Microbiol. Cellulose, Hemicelluloses, Pectin & Gums iv. 68 When the spore of an actinomycete belonging to sub-group A germinates it continues to grow for some time.

1947 C. E. Skinner et al. Henrici's Molds, Yeasts, & Actinomycetes (ed. 2) 351 The term actinomycete we write in the lower case to indicate that it is not used in a taxonomic sense but somewhat in the manner we would use yeast or mold.

1977 Lancet 2 July 23/2 Actinomycete infections can usually be treated with drug therapy alone.

1989 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 82 552/2 (caption) Gram-stained preparation of a squashed granule, showing the characteristic branched filaments of an actinomycete.

2006 Florida Entomologist 89 118/2 The active ingredient..is developed from a fermentation by-product of the soil-borne actinomycete bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa.