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Article: Microbiology's new names: a glossary. (part 3) (glossary)
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- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- August 1, 1989
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This final installment of our three-part glossary brings up to date the nomenclature for mycobacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology.
This final article in a three-part series, updating the 1980 taxonomy guide prepared by Dr. Paul Ellner for MLO, covers the microbiology glossary changes in mycobacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology.
* Mycobacteriology. The genus Mycobacterium, established by Lehmann and Newmann in 1896, originally included only tubercle (M. tuberculosis) and leprosy (M. leprae) bacilli. These organisms usually are gram-positive and acid- and alcohol-fast. The genus currently comprises 54 approved species; ...