actinomyces

Noun

 * 1) A bacterium (species) of the genus.
 * 2) * 2007, D. A. Hopwood, Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine: The Antibiotic Makers (ISBN 9780195150667), page 22:
 * Waksman wrote in his autobiography:
 * " [...] It is the first attempt that has ever been made to grow an actinomyces on a large scale, to attempt to utilize an actinomyces for any practical purpose, or even to find any use whatsoever for this obscure group of micro-organisms."
 * Unfortunately, the initial excitement did not last long: actinomycin certainly killed the pathogens, but it killed laboratory animals too. Woodruff pressed on [...]
 * Waksman wrote in his autobiography:
 * " [...] It is the first attempt that has ever been made to grow an actinomyces on a large scale, to attempt to utilize an actinomyces for any practical purpose, or even to find any use whatsoever for this obscure group of micro-organisms."
 * Unfortunately, the initial excitement did not last long: actinomycin certainly killed the pathogens, but it killed laboratory animals too. Woodruff pressed on [...]