General term for mycobacteria other than mycobacterium tuberculosis.
1970
L G Wayne
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
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.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
D009626
Terminology as Topic
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February 1988,
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology,