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MYCOBACTERIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

Synonyms:

mycobacteria; mycobacterium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mycobacteria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycobacteria"):

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tubercle bacillus (cause of tuberculosis)

leprosy bacillus; Mycobacterium leprae (cause of leprosy)

Holonyms ("mycobacteria" is a member of...):

genus Mycobacterium (nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria)

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