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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium fortuitum
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Mycobacteriaceae > Mycobacterium > Nontuberculous Mycobacteria > Mycobacterium fortuitum

Preferred term

Mycobacterium fortuitum  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A rapid-growing, nonphotochromogenic species that is potentially pathogenic, producing lesions of lung, bone, or soft tissue following trauma. It has been found in soil and in injection sites of humans, cattle, and cold-blooded animals. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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  • txid1766

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RNCBN6K7-W

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