Mycobacterium caprae
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Mycobacterium caprae
Type strain: strain spc-1 = gM-1 = ATCC BAA-824 = CIP 105776.
Basonym: ¤ Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999.
Other synonym: ¤ Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002.
It can cause tuberculosis
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Type strain: strain spc-1 = gM-1 = ATCC BAA-824 = CIP 105776.
Basonym: ¤ Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999.
Other synonym: ¤ Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002.
It can cause tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
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