[Numerical analysis of relationships among Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis, and M. microti (author's transl)].
1979
M Tsukamura, and
S Mizuno, and
H Murata
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D009161
Mycobacterium
A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm-blooded hosts.
Mycobacteria
D009163
Mycobacterium bovis
The bovine variety of the tubercle bacillus. It is called also Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis.
BCG,Calmette-Guerin Bacillus
D009169
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.