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Genus Mycobacterium

Known as: MYCOBACTERIUM, Mycobacteria 
A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of… 
National Institutes of Health

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Acid-fast bacillusCDISC SDTM Microorganism TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyMycobacterium Infections

Broader (2)

Actinomycetalesacid-fast bacteria

Narrower (8)

Battey BacillusMycobacterium aviumMycobacterium lepraeMycobacterium lepraemurium

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), affect over 2.5 million people… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a debilitating autoimmune disease that results from T-cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Autophagy Is a Defense Mechanism Inhibiting BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival in Infected Macrophages
Review
2004
Review
2004
Impact of 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis for Identification of Bacteria on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • J. Clarridge
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • 2004
  • Corpus ID: 23434046
SUMMARY The traditional identification of bacteria on the basis of phenotypic characteristics is generally not as accurate as… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis
Despite over a century of research, tuberculosis remains a leading cause of infectious death worldwide. Faced with increasing… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Complete genome sequence of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Streptomyces coelicolor is a representative of the group of soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria responsible for producing most… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Pattern recognition receptors TLR4 and CD14 mediate response to respiratory syncytial virus
The innate immune system contributes to the earliest phase of the host defense against foreign organisms and has both soluble and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnosis and epidemiology
Widespread use of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) to differentiate strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
The envelope of mycobacteria.
Mycobacteria, members of which cause tuberculosis and leprosy, produce cell walls of unusually low permeability, which contribute… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Distribution of menaquinones in actinomycetes and corynebacteria.
Menaquinones were the only isoprenoid quinones found in 48 corynebacteria and actinomycete strains examined. Dihydromenaquinones… 
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