Abstract
Among bacteria, actinomycetes are a morphologically distinct group that forms multinucleated filaments instead of single cellular units. Within this quantitatively small realm however, the organisms are characterized by a wide range of morphological patterns of development, the variety of dispersal propagules (spores or conidia) produced and their genesis.
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