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As compared to other Schizomycetes, mycobacteria (from the Greek muxes:mycetes and bacterion: rod) present some atypical characteristics that cause them to resemble mycetes. Nevertheless, there is no doubt as to their status as bacteria: they belong to the order of the Actinomycetaceae, and the family of Mycobacteriaceae. This family includes only the Mycobacterium genus, that accounts for more than 170 species, many of which are of no clinical interest [1, 2].
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Bonamonte, D., Romita, P., Verni, P., Angelini, G. (2017). Mycobacteria. In: Bonamonte, D., Angelini, G. (eds) Mycobacterial Skin Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48538-6_1
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