Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by fungi (eumycetoma) or bacteria (actinomycetoma), with high morbidity. Gordonia spp. are gram-positive that have previously been reported to cause mycetoma. Here, we report case of soli (initially misidentified as Nocardia spp.) the etiological agent actinomycetoma in 64-year-old patient. After literature search Cochrane Library, LILACS, SciELO,...

Cytogenetics has proved to be a valuable aid in the study of higher organisms but has received only limited attention in microbiology. Witkin (1951), Ryan et al. (1954) and Ryan and Wainwright (1954) have successfully applied cytogenetic approaches to the study of bacteria. Haploid and diploid cultures of Escherichia coli strain K-12 were studied cytologically by Lederberg et al. (1951) in an e...