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GENUS MYCOBACTERIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mycobacterium mean?
• GENUS MYCOBACTERIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS MYCOBACTERIUM has 1 sense:
1. nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria
Familiarity information: GENUS MYCOBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Mycobacterium" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mycobacterium"):
mycobacteria; mycobacterium (rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases)
Holonyms ("genus Mycobacterium" is a member of...):
family Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacteriaceae (a family of bacteria)
Context examples
A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genus Mycobacterium, among others.
(Mycobacteriaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
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