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n. - Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases.

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  • And again, what research I have read doesn't indicate that many forms of resistance in mycobacteria are the results of SOS
  • Tuberculosis is an infection that often can become deadly Tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria known as mycobacteria
  • Some micro-organisms such as mycobacteria, poliovirus, fungal spores and not least prions are particularly resistant to inactivation.
  • Our most recent study shows that the mycobacteria that have mycothiol,
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