mycobacterium
nounAny of various rod-shaped, aerobic, often pathogenic bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, including the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
nounA genus proposed by Lehmann-Neumann to include certain pathogenic bacteria, as Bacterium lepræ: regarded as synonymous with the genus Bacterium, in which it is included by Migula.
nounAny of various rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases.
nounAny of many rod-shaped,
rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases