Sentences with phrase «discovered mycobacterium»
In 1873 that hypothesis was bolstered when a Norwegian doctor named Armauer Hansen discovered Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes the disease.
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«Discovering the new leprosy agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis was incidental.
Scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria, Mycobacterium mungi, that causes tuberculosis (TB) and is transmitted through the skin and nose of banded mongoose in Northern Botswana.