Noun mycobacterium has 1 sense
  1. mycobacteria, mycobacterium - rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
    --1 is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
    --1 is a member of genus Mycobacterium
    --1 has particulars:
     tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; leprosy bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae
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