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The genus Mycobacterium included in the family Mycobacteriaceae consists of non-motile, non-spore-forming and aerobic bacilli. They are slightly curved rods, sometimes showing filamentous and branching forms. In liquid medium, they form mould-like pellicle; hence, the name Mycobacterium is derived from the word “mould”, meaning fungus-like bacterium.
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Parija, S.C. (2023). Genus Mycobacterium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: Textbook of Microbiology and Immunology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3315-8_30
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