Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various rod-shaped, aerobic, often pathogenic bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, including the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus proposed by Lehmann-Neumann to include certain pathogenic bacteria, as Bacterium lepræ: regarded as synonymous with the genus Bacterium, in which it is included by Migula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any of various rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology Any of many rod-shaped,
aerobic bacteria , of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such astuberculosis andleprosy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
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Examples
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When Cox was only 8-years-old she was cleaning out the family fish tank and contracted a very rare infection in a scrape on her hand called mycobacterium marinum, or sometimes called fish tank granuloma, according to 7News.
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Dr. METERSKY: He also grew a type of bacteria called a mycobacterium, sort of a cousin of tuberculosis.
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Dr. METERSKY: He also grew a type of bacteria called a mycobacterium, sort of a cousin of tuberculosis.
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Dr. METERSKY: He also grew a type of bacteria called a mycobacterium, sort of a cousin of tuberculosis.
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More than 2 billion people or a third of the world's total population, are infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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More than 2 billion people or a third of the world's total population, are infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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However there is no published data on the cellular interactions of tobacco smoke and mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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However there is no published data on the cellular interactions of tobacco smoke and mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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The mycobacterium avium complex causes lung infections with symptoms similar to tuberculosis, according to Wikipedia.
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Showerheads provide a "haven" for mycobacterium avium in their dark, warm, moist environment.
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