Mycobacterium tuberculosis

species of bacterium

OverviewAI-generated

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a species of gram-positive bacteria within the genus Mycobacterium. It belongs to the family Mycobacteriaceae, order Mycobacteriales, class Actinomycetia, and phylum Actinobacteriota in the kingdom Bacteria. The scientific name is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf, 1883) Lehmann & Neumann, 1896, and it is commonly referred to by the short name M. tuberculosis. The organism has the effect of causing tuberculosis.

Various common names for the species include Kochi kepike, Tuberkuloosi mükobakter, Tuberkuloosibakter, and 結核桿菌. Records of the organism are held by institutions such as NHMUK.

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Species

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SPECIES

KingdomBacteria
PhylumActinobacteriota
ClassActinomycetia
OrderMycobacteriales
FamilyMycobacteriaceae

Observations recorded8,357

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 9
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Collections: NHMUK

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Research

99,659 papers

Modeling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy in bacterial cultures.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2019
Mycobacterium tuberculosis evolutionary pathogenesis and its putative impact on drug development.Future microbiology · 2014
[Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoP system].Wei sheng wu xue bao = Acta microbiologica Sinica · 2017
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the macrophage: maintaining a balance.Cell host & microbe · 2008
Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan.Emerging infectious diseases · 2019

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Encyclopedic overview

M. tuberculosis in the lungs, showing large cavities the bacteria have dissolved Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), also known as Koch's bacillus, is a species of pathogenic bacteria in the family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative agent of tuberculosis.

First discovered in 1882 by Robert Koch, M. tuberculosis has an unusual, waxy coating on its cell surface primarily due to the presence of mycolic acid. This coating makes the cells impervious to Gram staining, and as a result, M. tuberculosis can appear weakly Gram-positive. Acid-fast stains such as Ziehl–Neelsen, or fluorescent stains such as auramine are used instead to identify M. tuberculosis with a microscope. The physiology of M. tuberculosis is highly aerobic and requires high levels of oxygen. Primarily a pathogen of the mammalian respiratory system, it infects the lungs. The most frequently used diagnostic methods for tuberculosis are the tuberculin skin test, acid-fast stain, culture, and polymerase chain reaction.

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