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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Among these, nontuberculous mycobacteria infections are notorious for their stubborn resistance to conventional medication and their penchant for afflicting those with existing lung diseases such as bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 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
In 2010, the researchers figured out why: the drug only blocked the ability of the mycobacteria to survive in its glycerol suspension — leaving it with little relevance in the world beyond the test tube.
From Nature ● Oct. 9, 2013
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
Both were exposed to mycobacterium abscessus, likely to have come from the site's water supply.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2022
He squints into microscopes looking for the rod-shaped mycobacterium leprae cells that drive this disease.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
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
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