actinomyces

English Thesaurus

1. soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus actinomyces,
definition	:	type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae (noun.animal)