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mycobacterium
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mycobacterium

Any of the rod-shaped bacteria that make up the genus Mycobacterium. The two most important species cause tuberculosis and leprosy in humans; another species causes tuberculosis in both cattle and humans. Some mycobacteria live on decaying organic matter; others are parasites. Most are found in soil and water in a free-living form or in diseased tissue of animals. Various antibiotics have had some success against mycobacterium infections.



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Wildlife may become new reservoirs of infection and may recontaminate domestic animals; examples include bovine tuberculosis in the United Kingdom associated with Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers (Meles meles) (18) and brucellosis in outdoor-reared swine in Europe that resulted from spillover from the wild boar brucellosis (Brucella suis biovar 2) reservoir (19).
Wildlife, exotic pets, and emerging zoonoses (1) by Meslin, Francois-Xavier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
vaccae have been shown to increase TNF[alpha] production of mouse macrophages more than does Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in vitro (Marshall et al.
Mycobacterium terrae isolated from indoor air of a moisture-damaged ... by Hirvoen, Maija-Riitta / Environmental Health Perspectives
In New Zealand, an estimated 3 percent of the nation's 70 million brushtail possums are infected with Mycobacterium bovis, the germ that causes TB in these animals and cattle (SN: 4/6/02, p.
With this bait, TB won't play possum. (Immunology) by Science News
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