A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm-blooded hosts.
    

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Über die Kultivierbarkeit und Morphologie des Lepra-Erregers und die Übertragung der Lepra auf Affen / von John Reenstierna.

The cultivation of the Bacillus lepræ / by E.R. Rost.

Mycobacteria and human disease / John M. Grange.

Introduction to tuberculosis and mycobacteria / Komi Kanai.

Mykobakterien und mykobakterielle Krankheiten. Teil IX, Human and murine leprosy / by Saburo Sato and Shinji Nishimura and collaborators.

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Über die Kultivierbarkeit und Morphologie des Lepra-Erregers und die Übertragung der Lepra auf Affen / von John Reenstierna.

The cultivation of the Bacillus lepræ / by E.R. Rost.

Mycobacteria and human disease / John M. Grange.

Introduction to tuberculosis and mycobacteria / Komi Kanai.

Mykobakterien und mykobakterielle Krankheiten. Teil IX, Human and murine leprosy / by Saburo Sato and Shinji Nishimura and collaborators.