GENUS MYCOBACTERIUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Mycobacterium" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mycobacterium"):

mycobacteria; mycobacterium (rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases)

Holonyms ("genus Mycobacterium" is a member of...):

family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria)

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