Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun actinomycete

1 sense of actinomycete

Sense 1
actinomycete -- (any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales)
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)