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MYCOBACTERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
Synonyms:
mycobacteria; mycobacterium
Classified under:
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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