Bacterium
mycobacterium tuberculosis
my·co·bac·te·ri·um tu·ber·cu·lo·sis [ mahy-koh-bak-teer-ee-uhm too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo- ]
Subclass of:
Genus Mycobacterium
Definitions related to mycobacterium tuberculosis:
  • A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • An obligate anaerobic, weakly Gram-positive species of mycobacterium that is the cause of most cases of tuberculosis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Species of gram positive, aerobic bacteria that produces tuberculosis in man, other primates, dogs, and some animals which have contact with man; growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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