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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
Definition 1
A group of four closely related tuberculosis-causing bacteria: M. bovis, M. africanum, M. canetti and M. microti. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A non-taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to the Mycobacterium genus, which includes the related species M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis, and M. microti. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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