• Mycobacterium hassiacum is a rapid-growing thermophilic mycobacterium that was isolated in human urine in 1997 by researchers at the German University...
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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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    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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    Mycobacteroides abscessus (formerly Mycobacterium abscessus) is a species of rapidly growing, multidrug-resistant, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that...
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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 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 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 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 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 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 novocastrense is a species of Mycobacterium. Shojaei, H; Goodfellow, M; Magee, JG; Freeman, R; Gould, FK; Brignall, CG (October 1997). "Mycobacterium...
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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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  • 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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  • Mycobacterium madagascariense Etymology: madagascariense, relating to Madagascar where it was first isolated. Polymorphic, gram-positive, nonmotile and...
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