mycobacterium
Noun
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Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases (synset 101379733)
is a type of: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagellasubtypes:
- mycobacterium tuberculosis, tubercle bacillus - cause of tuberculosis
- leprosy bacillus, mycobacterium leprae - cause of leprosy
belongs to: genus mycobacterium - nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteriasame as: mycobacteria
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