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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The bacterium that causes tuberculosis, spread through the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or speaks.

NCBI TAXONOMY IDENTIFIER1773View source record ↗

Overview

EXPLORE BY LEVEL

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterium that causes TB. It can stay inactive in the body or cause active disease.

Quick Facts

AT A GLANCE
Scientific nameMycobacterium tuberculosis
Taxonomy ID1773
Organism typeBacterium · mycobacterium
RankSpecies

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DiseaseTuberculosiscaused byBiomarkerTB Antibody test (unspecified)antibody to
All 2 Structured Connections
Tuberculosis · DiseaseCAUSED BY →Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Organism
TB Antibody test (unspecified) · BiomarkerANTIBODY TO →Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Organism

Recommended Reading

Trusted references for learning more about Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

databaseMycobacterium tuberculosis (taxon 1773)NCBI Datasets Taxonomy Browser guideTuberculosis fact sheetWorld Health Organization guideCommercial serodiagnostic tests for diagnosis of tuberculosis: policy statement (2011)World Health Organization
Research Claims

NCBI Taxonomy identifies Mycobacterium tuberculosis with taxonomy ID 1773.