Actinomycetes
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Background
- A genetically unrelated group of Gram-positive bacilli
- Filamentous soil bacteria
- More commonly seen in fungal cultures
- Typically not acid-fast
Organisms
- Gordonia species
- Nocardia species
- Rhodococcus species
- Streptomyces species: common contaminant
- Tsukamurella species