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mycobacteria

mycobacteria is the plural of mycobacterium.

Meaning of mycobacterium

Noun

mycobacterium (plural mycobacteria)

  1. Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.

Words formed from mycobacteria

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Questions about mycobacteria

What is mycobacteria the plural of?
Mycobacteria is the plural of mycobacterium.

Words near mycobacteria in the dictionary

  1. mycobacillin
  2. mycobacteraemia
  3. mycobacteremia
  4. mycobacteremias
  5. mycobacteremic
  6. mycobacteria
  7. mycobacterial
  8. mycobacterially
  9. mycobactericidal
  10. mycobacteriocidal
  11. mycobacteriologic

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