Mycobacterium

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

Key People

Robert Koch.

Robert Koch

German bacteriologist

Smith, Theobald

Theobald Smith

American pathologist