Medical Dictionary

micromonospora

noun mi·cro·mono·spo·ra \-ˌmän-ə-ˈspr-ə\

Medical Definition of MICROMONOSPORA

1
capitalized :  a genus of actinomycetes that have well developed, branching, septate mycelia bearing single spores that are sessile or on short or long sporophores and that include several antibiotic-producing forms (as M. purpurea, the source of gentamicin)
2
plural mi·cro·mono·spo·rae \-rē\ :  any bacterium of the genus Micromonospora

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