Mycobacterium leprae
Translingual
Mycobacterium leprae (the brick-red rods in the image)
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Mycobacteriaceae – the bacteria that causes leprosy, the first human-disease-causing bacterium to be identified.
Hypernyms
- (species): Bacteria - kingdom, Actinobacteria - phylum, Actinobacteria - class, Actinobacteridae - subclass, Actinomycetales - order, Corynebacterineae - suborder, Mycobacteriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (species): Mycobacterium leprae TN - strain (genome sequenced)
Further reading
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- Mycobacterium leprae at Encyclopedia of Life
- Mycobacterium leprae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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