genus mycobacterium

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   nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofMycobacteriaceae

Questions about genus mycobacterium

What does genus mycobacterium mean?

genus mycobacterium means "nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria".

Is genus mycobacterium a common word?

genus mycobacterium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.