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Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Mycobacterium avium Mycobacterium kansasii Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium ulcerans Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Robert Koch.

Robert Koch

German bacteriologist

Smith, Theobald

Theobald Smith

American pathologist