| NOUN | animal | mycobacterium, mycobacteria | rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases |
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| Meaning | rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases. | |
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| Synonym | mycobacteria | |
| Member of | genus Mycobacterium | nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria |
| Narrower | leprosy bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae | Cause of leprosy |
| tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Cause of tuberculosis | |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
| Spanish | micobacteria, mycobacterium | |
| Catalan | micobacteri, mycobacterium | |
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