Actinomyces odontolyticus

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinomycetales;Actinomycetaceae;Actinomyces;Actinomyces odontolyticus

Description: Actinomyces odontolyticus is part of the normal flora of the human oral and gastrointestinal tracts. It represents 0.017% of the normal human gut flora and 9.142% of the sequences in its division (Eckburg et. al. (2005)). Actinomyces odontolyticus has been implicated in a small number of clinical infections including oral lesions and abscesses, eye infections, lung infections, and septicemia. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Actinomyces%20odontolyticus

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Actinomyces	Genus	6
Actinomyces odontolyticus	Species	3

Name: Actinomyces

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinomycetales;Actinomycetaceae;Actinomyces

Description:
Actinomyces is a genus of the Actinobacteria class of bacteria. They are all gram-positive. Actinomyces species are facultatively anaerobic (except A. meyeri and A. israelii both obligate anaerobe), and they grow best under anaerobic conditions. Actinomyces species may form endospores, and, while individual bacteria are rod-shaped, Actinomyces colonies form fungus-like branched networks of hyphae. The aspect of these colonies initially led to the incorrect assumption that the organism was a fungus and to the name Actinomyces, "ray fungus" (from Greek actis, ray, beam and mykes, fungus).

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinomyces