mycobacteria
Americanplural noun
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mycobacterium
singular
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Etymology
Origin of mycobacteria
First recorded in 1905–10; from New Latin, a genus name; see origin at myco-, bacteria
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To increase efficacy, the researchers delivered the enzymatic drug inside of host macrophages where mycobacteria grow.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, which can cause lung infections, appear to be relatively common in shower heads, for instance.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2018
For example, Casanova and others have found more than a dozen mutations that disrupt the body's ability to battle non-TB mycobacteria, and all of them mess with interferon gamma—a key immune system activator.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 1, 2018
The mycobacteria that cause leprosy are slow growing, and have an affinity for peripheral nerves and cooler parts of the body.
From Forbes ● Mar. 6, 2015
So researchers changed their screening protocols to look for the effects compounds had on whole mycobacteria — even so, it has not been smooth sailing.
From Nature ● Oct. 9, 2013
In the summer of 2018 Molly was diagnosed with mycobacterium chelonae, a bacterial infection in her line that she later discovered came from the hospital environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Caused by bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis, tuberculosis disease is spread through the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
He and his colleagues were building a library of the proteins that make up the mycobacterium that causes TB.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
Several studies even have shown that surgical masks fail to prevent transmission of the much larger mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes TB.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2020
Like cancer and like TB before the discovery of the mycobacterium tuberculosis, autism is a condition whose etiology remains largely a mystery.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2019
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