- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex refers to a genetically closely related group of Mycobacterium species that can cause tuberculosis.
It includes:
- Mycobacterium bovis BCG
- Mycobacterium canettii
- Mycobacterium mungi.[1]
References
- ^ Vasconcellos SE, Huard RC, Niemann S, et al. (2010). "Distinct genotypic profiles of the two major clades of Mycobacterium africanum". BMC Infect. Dis. 10: 80. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-80. PMC 2859774. PMID 20350321. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/80.
Slowly growing
(R1P=photochromogenic;
R2S=scotochromogenic;
R3N=nonchromogenic)Rapidly growing/
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