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Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex
Definition 1
A non taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to and including related species from the Mycobacterium genus not including those bacteria in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A non-taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to the Mycobacterium genus, which includes the related species and subspecies M. chelonei subsp. chelonei, M. chelonei subsp. abscessus, M. fortuitum, and M. peregrinum. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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