Mycobacterium

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Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium kansasii Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium ulcerans Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium avium Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare

Key People

Robert Koch.

Robert Koch

German bacteriologist

Smith, Theobald

Theobald Smith

American pathologist