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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium  

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  • Mycobacteria

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection = MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS

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  • 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.

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