Mycobacterium bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of ÂMycobacterium sp. bacteria. These are rod-shaped bacteria with a character

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Mycobacterium bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of ÂMycobacterium sp. bacteria. These are rod-shaped bacteria with a characteristic thick cell wall. Although widespread and usually harmless some species are human pathogens, including M. tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis, and M. leprae, which causes leprosy.

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