Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | |
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| M. tuberculosis bacterial colonies | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Suborder: | Corynebacterineae |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. tuberculosis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis Zopf 1883 |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is bacterium that causes tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis then known as the "tubercle bacillus," was first described on March 24, 1882 by Robert Koch, the bacterium is also known as Koch's bacillus. This disease is spread by the air and from getting coughed or sneezed on by an infected patient.
