MYCOBACTERIUM (mycobacteria)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: mycobacteria   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mycobacterium mean? 

• MYCOBACTERIUM (noun)
  The noun MYCOBACTERIUM has 1 sense:

1. rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

  Familiarity information: MYCOBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCOBACTERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mycobacteria; mycobacterium

Hypernyms ("mycobacterium" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycobacterium"):

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tubercle bacillus (cause of tuberculosis)

leprosy bacillus; Mycobacterium leprae (cause of leprosy)

Holonyms ("mycobacterium" is a member of...):

genus Mycobacterium (nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria)

 Context examples 

M. chelonae is a fast growing mycobacterium isolated from environmental, animal and human sources and is often associated with post-operative soft tissue infection.

(Mycobacterium chelonae, NCI Thesaurus)

An obligate anaerobic, weakly Gram-positive species of mycobacterium that is the cause of most cases of tuberculosis.

(Mycobacterium tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)

An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium w, a non-pathogenic, rapidly growing, atypical mycobacterium, with non-specific immunopotentiating properties.

(Mycobacterium w, NCI Thesaurus)

A growth medium that is especially used for the cultivation of mycobacterium consisting of LJ Medium without the asparagine.

(Ogawa Growth Medium, NCI Thesaurus)

A complex, defined growth medium developed especially for the primary and secondary cultivation of mycobacterium and for detection of their sensitivity to antimicrobial agents.

(Middlebrook 7H10 Growth Medium, NCI Thesaurus)

Mycobacteria are a type of germ.

(Mycobacterial Infections, NIH)

The hydrochloride salt form of ethambutol, an ethylenediamine derivative with antibacterial activity, specifically effective against mycobacteria.

(Ethambutol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A growth medium that is especially used for the cultivation of mycobacterium.

(Lowenstein-Jensen Medium, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the 4 subcomponents of capreomycin, an aminoglycoside with activity against multiple mycobacteria.

(Capreomycin IIB, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is only active against actively growing mycobacteria because, as a pro-drug, it requires activation in susceptible mycobacterial species.

(Isoniazid, NCI Thesaurus)