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Noun: mycobacteria
  1. Rod-shaped bacteria with waxy cell walls, including pathogens
    "Tuberculosis is caused by a species of mycobacteria";
    - mycobacterium

Type of: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria

Part of: genus Mycobacterium

Encyclopedia: Mycobacteria