Taxonomy

• Genus Mycobacterium is a Member of Family Actinomycetaceae (Colloquially Termed “Actinomycetes”) (see Actinomycetaceae, [[Actinomycetaceae]]):
  • All of the Actinomycetes Organisms are Morphologically Similar and Exhibit Characteristic Filamentous Branching with Fragmentation into Bacillary or Coccoid Forms

Medically-Relevant Members of Genus Mycobacterium

• Mycobacterium Abscessus (see Mycobacterium Abscessus, [[Mycobacterium Abscessus]])

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• Mycobacterium Kansasii (see Mycobacterium Kansasii, [[Mycobacterium Kansasii]])

• Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (see Tuberculosis, [[Tuberculosis]])

References

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