Mycobacterium madagascariense Etymology: madagascariense, relating to Madagascar where it was first isolated. Polymorphic, gram-positive, nonmotile and...
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Mycobacterium is a genus of over 190 species in the phylum Actinomycetota, assigned its own family, Mycobacteriaceae. This genus includes pathogens known...
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Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing (16- to 20-hour generation time) aerobic bacterium and the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle (known as bovine...
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Mycobacteroides abscessus (redirect from Mycobacterium bolletii)
Mycobacteroides abscessus (formerly Mycobacterium abscessus) is a species of rapidly growing, multidrug-resistant, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that...
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Mycobacterium avium complex is a group of mycobacteria comprising Mycobacterium intracellulare and Mycobacterium avium that are commonly grouped because...
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Mycobacterium lepromatosis is an aerobic, acid-fast bacillus (AFB), and the second known causative agent of Hansen's disease (leprosy). It was discovered...
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Mycobacterium smegmatis is an acid-fast bacterial species in the phylum Actinomycetota and the genus Mycobacterium. It is 3.0 to 5.0 μm long with a bacillus...
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Mycobacterium marinum is a slow growing fresh and saltwater mycobacterium (SGM) belonging to the genus Mycobacterium and the phylum Actinobacteria. It...
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Mycobacterium fortuitum is a nontuberculous species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of...
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Mycobacterium avium is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla...
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Mycobacterium cookii is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla...
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includes: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium africanum Mycobacterium orygis Mycobacterium bovis and the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin strain Mycobacterium microti...
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Mycobacterium vaccae is a nonpathogenic species of the Mycobacteriaceae family of bacteria that lives naturally in soil. Its name originates from the...
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Mycobacterium haemophilum is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant...
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: 340 Mycobacterium fortuitum Mycobacterium chelonae Mycobacterium smegmatis Mycobacterium abscessus Mycobacterium mucogenicum Mycobacterium peregrinum...
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Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing scotochromogenic species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher in 1959, having been isolated in...
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Mycobacterium kansasii is a bacterium in the Mycobacterium genus. It is an environmental bacteria that causes opportunistic infections in humans, and is...
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Mycobacterium szulgai is a species of Mycobacterium. It is a scotochromogen and is currently ungrouped. It is known to cause skin infections. Hizawa K...
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Mycobacterium africanum is a species of Mycobacterium that is most commonly found in West African countries, where it is estimated to cause up to 40%...
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"Mycobacterium avium hominissuis" is a subspecies of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of...
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Mycobacterium canettii, a novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), was first reported in 1969 by the French microbiologist...
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Mycobacterium gordonae is a species of Mycobacterium named for Ruth E. Gordon. It is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with...
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Mycobacterium florentinum is a strain of bacteria found in humans that can cause infections and other disease conditions, and prolong sickness. It presents...
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Mycobacterium septicum is a species of Mycobacterium. Adékambi, Toïdi; Drancourt, Michel (June 2006). "Isolation of Mycobacterium septicum from the sputum...
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Mycobacteroides chelonae (redirect from Mycobacterium chelonei)
Mycobacteroides chelonae (formerly Mycobacterium chelonae) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota belonging to the genus Mycobacteroides...
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Mycobacterium parafortuitum is a species of Mycobacterium. Tsukamura, M (January 1966). "Mycobacterium parafortuitum: a new species". J. Gen. Microbiol...
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Mycobacterium triplex is a species of Mycobacterium. It is closely related to Mycobacterium genavense. It causes disease in immunocompromised patients...
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Mycobacterium porcinum is a species of Mycobacterium. Taddei, R.; Barbieri, I.; Pacciarini, M.L.; Fallacara, F.; Belletti, G.L.; Arrigoni, N. (August 2008)...
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Mycobacterium peregrinum is a species of Mycobacterium. Wallace, R. J.; Brown-Elliott, B. A.; Brown, J.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Hall, L.; Woods, G.; Cloud...
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Mycolicibacterium aurum (redirect from Mycobacterium aurum)
fast, gram positive bacteria that forms long chains. Though related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it does not cause tuberculosis. SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN...
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