Mycobacterium

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

Key People

Robert Koch.

Robert Koch

German bacteriologist

Smith, Theobald

Theobald Smith

American pathologist