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Descriptor English: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Descriptor Spanish: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Descriptor Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Scope note: Especie de bacterias grampositivas y aerobias que producen tuberculosis en el hombre, otros primates, perros, y algunos animales que tienen contacto con el hombre. Tiende a crecer en masas, en forma de serpentina, formando cordones en los que los bacilos muestran orientación paralela.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Descriptor French: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Entry term(s): Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Tree number(s): B03.510.024.962.500.702
B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.702
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009169
Scope note: A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.
Annotation: infection = TUBERCULOSIS or specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Version: M TUBERC
Related: Antitubercular Agents MeSH
DeCS ID: 9362
Unique ID: D009169
NLM Classification: QW 125.5.M9
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0014292
Scope note A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.
Preferred term Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv - Narrower
Concept UI M0460753
Preferred term Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv



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