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Species: | M. microti
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Mycobacterium microti Reed 1957, ATCC 19422
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Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) known as the 'Vole bacillus', first described as a pathogen of field voles in England.[1]