mycobacterium

/ ˌmaɪkəʊbækˈtɪərɪəm /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

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Caused by bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis, tuberculosis disease is spread through the air.

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He and his colleagues were building a library of the proteins that make up the mycobacterium that causes TB.

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Both were exposed to mycobacterium abscessus, likely to have come from the site's water supply.

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He squints into microscopes looking for the rod-shaped mycobacterium leprae cells that drive this disease.

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