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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genetically related group of Mycobacterium species that has at least nine members: M. tuberculosis sensu stricto M. africanum M. canettii M. bovis M. caprae M...
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Mycobacterium microti Mycobacterium canettii Mycobacterium caprae Mycobacterium pinnipedii Mycobacterium suricattae Mycobacterium mungi In addition, two...
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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 avium complex is a group of mycobacteria comprising Mycobacterium intracellulare and Mycobacterium avium that are commonly grouped because...
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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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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 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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Tuberculosis (category Mycobacterium-related cutaneous conditions)
Pfyffer GE, Auckenthaler R, van Embden JD, van Soolingen D (1998). "Mycobacterium canettii, the smooth variant of M. tuberculosis, isolated from a Swiss patient...
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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 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 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 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 rhodesiae is a species of Mycobacterium. Euzéby JP. "Mycobacterium rhodesiae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)...
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Mycobacterium arosiense is a newly described species of Mycobacterium. It is a scotochromogen that derives its name from Arosia, the Latin name for the...
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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 ulcerans is a species of bacteria found in various aquatic environments. The bacteria can infect humans and some other animals, causing...
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Mycobacterium phocaicum is a species of Mycobacterium. Cooksey, R. C.; Jhung, M. A.; Yakrus, M. A.; Butler, W. R.; Adekambi, T.; Morlock, G. P.; Williams...
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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 triplex is a species of Mycobacterium. It is closely related to Mycobacterium genavense. It causes disease in immunocompromised patients...
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Mycobacterium pulveris is a species of Mycobacterium. Song, Sang Hoon; Park, Kyoung Un; Lee, Jae Ho; Kim, Eui Chong; Kim, Jin Q; Song, Junghan (May 2009)...
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Mycobacterium septicum is a species of Mycobacterium. It is a rapid growing nontuberculous mycobacterium in the Mycobacterium fortuitum group. Adékambi...
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Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex: description of Mycobacterium boenickei sp. Nov., Mycobacterium houstonense sp. Nov., Mycobacterium neworleansense...
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Mycobacterium wolinskyi is a rapidly growing mycobacterium most commonly seen in post-traumatic wound infections, especially those following open fractures...
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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 chubuense is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant...
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Mycobacterium gadium 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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Mycolicibacterium alvei (redirect from Mycobacterium alvei)
Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera". Frontiers in Microbiology...
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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 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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