| Mycobacterium bovis | |
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| Attenuated strain of M. bovis used in the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. bovis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium bovis | |
Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing (16- to 20-hour generation time) aerobic bacterium and the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle (known as bovine TB). It is related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium which causes tuberculosis in humans. M. bovis can jump the species barrier and cause tuberculosis-like infection in humans and other mammals.[2]
- ^ Karlson, A. G.; Lessel, E. F. (1970). "Mycobacterium bovis nom. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 20 (3): 273–282. doi:10.1099/00207713-20-3-273.
- ^ Grange, John M.; Yates, Malcolm D.; de Kantor, Isabel N. (1996). "Guidelines for speciation within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Second edition" (PDF). World Health Organization. Retrieved 2007-08-02.