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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium marinum
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium marinum

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Mycobacterium marinum  

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Note

  • infection: coordinate with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS

Scope note

  • A moderate-growing, photochromogenic species found in aquariums, diseased fish, and swimming pools. It is the cause of cutaneous lesions and granulomas (swimming pool granuloma) in humans. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019910

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