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mycobacterium

mycobacterium \mycobacterium\ n.; pl. mycobacteria. Any of various rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases.

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mycobacterium

n. (context biology English) Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacterium, of the genus ''Mycobacterium'', that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.

WordNet
mycobacterium
  1. n. rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases [syn: mycobacteria]

  2. [also: mycobacteria (pl)]

Wikipedia
Mycobacterium

Mycobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria, given its own family, the Mycobacteriaceae. The genus includes pathogens known to cause serious diseases in mammals, including tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and leprosy ( Mycobacterium leprae). The Greek prefix myco- means "fungus," alluding to the way mycobacteria have been observed to grow in a mold-like fashion on the surface of cultures.

Usage examples of "mycobacterium".

Dr Stuart, is that you have a variation of an already rare complication of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

I have incidentally named your illness in our joint honour, Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Chand-Stuart X.

Michael, about to become the second-ever case of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Chand-Stuart X, lost his cool, shot an intruder and was having to answer the difficult question: why did the bullet in the intruder match the one removed from a man discovered face down in the Everglades with his legs half eaten by alligators?

Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Chand-Stuart X was as different as Pu-239.

Michael, about to become the second-ever case of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Chand-Stuart X, lost his cool, shot an intruder and was having to answer the difficult question: why did the bullet in the intruder match the one removed from a man discovered face down in the Everglades with his legs half eaten by alligators?