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- A genus of facultatively anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria in the family ACTINOMYCETACEAE, order ACTINOMYCETALES. They are obligate parasites of the PHARYNX in humans and farm animals.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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 - Figure 1. Arcanobacterium haemolyticum on gram stain of growth from throat culture.
 - Figure 2. Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in culture.
- Notes
- Figures 1 and 2 were contributed by John A. Branda, MD, Department of Pathology and the Microbiology Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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- References
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- National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
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