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Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium ulcerans Mycobacterium avium Mycobacterium kansasii Today in History—March 24: The Lecture That Unraveled the Mystery of Tuberculosis

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Robert Koch

Robert Koch

German bacteriologist

Theobald Smith

Theobald Smith

American pathologist