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• TB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is also called a tubercle bacillus.
• Tuberculosis, or 'TB', is a disease caused by a germ (called the tubercle bacterium or Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
• This containing structure, called a tubercle, physically protects the bacteria from being destroyed by the immune system.
• In the female a deep groove forms around the phallus and separates it from the rest of the cloacal tubercle, which is now termed the genital tubercle.