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| Preferred Name | Mycobacterium leprae | |
| Synonyms |
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE Mycobacterium leprae |
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| Definitions |
A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, stains with carbol fuchsin rather than a traditional Gram stain, has the longest doubling time of all known bacteria, and has never been cultured in vitro. Mycobacterium leprae is pathogenic, being the causative agent of leprosy. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C86544 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium leprae.
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| code |
C86544
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC
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| DEFINITION |
A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, stains with carbol fuchsin rather than a traditional Gram stain, has the longest doubling time of all known bacteria, and has never been cultured in vitro. Mycobacterium leprae is pathogenic, being the causative agent of leprosy.
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| FULL_SYN |
MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE Mycobacterium leprae
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| label |
Mycobacterium leprae
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| NCBI_Taxon_ID |
1769
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| Preferred_Name |
Mycobacterium leprae
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C86544
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| Semantic_Type |
Bacterium
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0026922
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