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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis, M.tb)
DEFINITION
Member organism of M. tuberculosis complex, and the main causative agent of tuberculosis in humans.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Bacterium that causes LTBI and TB disease.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Bacillus that causes all forms of tuberculosis, whether drug-susceptible, multidrug-resistant or extensively drug-resistant
Tubercle bacillus, that is, the bacillus that causes tuberculosis
Tubercle bacillus that is the most common causative infectious agent of TB disease in humans
Aerobic pathogen, its growth rate is highly affected by oxygen concentrations
Namesake member organism of M. tuberculosis complex, and the most common causative infectious agent of TB disease in humans. At times, the species name refers to the entire M. tuberculosis complex, which includes M. bovis and five other related species
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