"Actinomyces" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are nonmotile. Filaments that may be present in certain species are either straight or wavy and may have swollen or clubbed heads.
| Descriptor ID |
D000190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.050.050 B03.510.460.400.400.049.049.178
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Actinomyces" by people in Profiles.
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A preliminary study on the screening of emerging drug resistance among the caries pathogens isolated from carious dentine. Indian J Dent Res. 2012 Jan-Feb; 23(1):26-30.
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Actinomyces dentalis sp. nov., from a human dental abscess. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2005 Jan; 55(Pt 1):427-431.
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Actinomyces nasicola sp. nov., isolated from a human nose. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2003 Sep; 53(Pt 5):1445-1448.
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Characterization of some Actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical specimens: reclassification of Actinomyces suis (Soltys and Spratling) as Actinobaculum suis comb. nov. and description of Actinobaculum schaalii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1997 Jul; 47(3):899-903.