MYCOBACTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mycobacteria mean? 

• MYCOBACTERIA (noun)
  The noun MYCOBACTERIA has 1 sense:

1. rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

  Familiarity information: MYCOBACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCOBACTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mycobacteria; mycobacterium

Hypernyms ("mycobacteria" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycobacteria"):

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tubercle bacillus (cause of tuberculosis)

leprosy bacillus; Mycobacterium leprae (cause of leprosy)

Holonyms ("mycobacteria" is a member of...):

genus Mycobacterium (nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria)

 Context examples 

Mycobacteria are a type of germ.

(Mycobacterial Infections, NIH)

This agent is only active against actively growing mycobacteria because, as a pro-drug, it requires activation in susceptible mycobacterial species.

(Isoniazid, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of ethambutol, an ethylenediamine derivative with antibacterial activity, specifically effective against mycobacteria.

(Ethambutol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the 4 subcomponents of capreomycin, an aminoglycoside with activity against multiple mycobacteria.

(Capreomycin IIB, NCI Thesaurus)

The use of acid-fast stain to examine a specimen for the presence of acid-fast microorganisms, specifically mycobacteria.

(Acid Fast Bacillae Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)