Associations to the word «Mycobacterium»
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Wiktionary
MYCOBACTERIUM, noun. (bacteriology) Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
MYCOBACTERIUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycobacteriaceae — Certain rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Mycobacteriaceae — the bacteria that causes leprosy, the first human-disease-causing bacterium to be identified.
Dictionary definition
MYCOBACTERIUM, noun. Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases.
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