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Mycobacterium leprae

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Definition: A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes LEPROSY in man. Its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side.  infection   
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SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
12-kDa antigen, Mycobacterium leprae  0   *Antigens, Bacterial Mycobacterium leprae. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 1992 Sep;60(3):382-9
antigen 85B, Mycobacterium leprae  146045-22-9   *Antigens, Bacterial Mycobacterium leprae. Nucleic Acids Res 1991;19(20):5789
anti-leprosy vaccine  0   *Bacterial Vaccines Leprosy Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium leprae. Nature 1989;340(6233):417
O-(3,6-di-O-methylglucopyranosyl)-(1-4)-O-(2,3-di-O-methylrhamnopyranosyl)-(1-9)-oxynonanoyl-bovine serum albumin  0   *Disaccharides *Serum Albumin, Bovine Antigens, Bacterial Glycolipids Mycobacterium leprae. Carbohydr Res 1986;156:39
phenolic glycolipid I, Mycobacterium leprae  0   *Antigens, Bacterial *Glycolipids Antigens, Bacterial Mycobacterium leprae. Infect Immun 1985;48(2):474
leprosin A  0   *Antigens, Bacterial Mycobacterium leprae Tuberculin. Tubercle 1984;65(1):63
phthiocerol dimycocerosate  63642-22-8   *Lipids Antigens, Bacterial Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence. Biochimie 59:535;1977; Infect Immun 9(1):150;1974; Jpn J Med Sci Biol 29(4):199;1976

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