mycobacterium

British

/ ˌmaɪkəʊbækˈtɪərɪəm /

noun

any of the rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium , some of which cause human diseases, such as tuberculosis and leprosy

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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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