Taxa associated with infection - A. europeus, A. georgiae, A. gerencseriae, A. graevenitzii, A. israelii, A. meyeri, A. naeslundii, A. neuii neuii, A. neuii anitratus, A. odontolyticus, A. radingae, A. turicensis, A. viscosus

Reported infections - actinomycosis

Reported susceptibilities and treatments - beta-lactams

Taxonomic note - A. bernardiae and A. pyogenes have been reclassifed as Arcanobacterium spp.

References - Smego et al. (1998). Actinomycosis. Clin. infect. Dis. 26, 1255-1263. - Funke et al. (1997). Actinomyces europaeus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. syst. Bact. 47, 687-692.

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