This genus, along with Corynebacteria and Nocardia, forms the CMN group.
This genus, along with Corynebacteria and Nocardia, forms the CMN group. Their lipid cell walls have N-acetyl-muramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, which inhibits macrophages. They produce dimycolates of trehalose, which makes them grow in serpentine cords. They are acid-fast and grow very slowly, with division times of up to five hours. One of its two species has never been cultured in vitro, but grows on the foot pads of armadillo, but the other is studied intently because of its profound effects as a respiratory ailment. For ten points, name this bacterial genus that contains the agents responsible for tuberculosis and leprosy.
This genus, along with Corynebacteria and Nocardia, forms the CMN group.
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