hey, when it says what is the scientific name for tb, it says mycobacterium tuberculosis, and common name, mycobacterium tuberculosis. i know mycobacterium tuberculosis is the scientific name. what is the common name!?
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Tuberculosis.
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The scientific name is Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. There is no common name. It's usually called Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycbacterium TB.
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The common name is bacillus of Koch, because Heinrich Herman Robert Koch (11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician that discribe this bacteria and others.He was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the Tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the Vibrio cholera (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his tuberculosis findings in 1905. He is considered one of the founders of microbiology—he inspired such major figures as Paul Ehrlich and Gerhard Domagk
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