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- 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 warm-blooded hosts.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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 - Figure 1. Acid-fast stain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from culture of lymph node aspirate.
 - Figure 2. Kinyoun stain of skin biopsy, showing Mycobacterium leprae.
- Notes
For Figure 2, please refer to the Welcome and Contributing Authors page for the list of IDSA 2002 Contributors. Copyright 40th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2002. Used with permission.
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