Translingual

Mycobacterium leprae (the brick-red rods in the image)

Proper noun

Mycobacterium leprae n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Mycobacteriaceae – the bacteria that causes leprosy, the first human-disease-causing bacterium to be identified.

Hypernyms

• (species): Bacteria - kingdom, Actinobacteria - phylum, Actinobacteria - class, Actinobacteridae - subclass, Actinomycetales - order, Corynebacterineae - suborder, Mycobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (species): Mycobacterium leprae TN - strain (genome sequenced)