#mycobacteria__mycobacterium rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
supertype: eubacteria__eubacterium__truebacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
subtype: tubercle_bacillus leprosy_bacillus
member of: genus_Mycobacterium nonmotile gram-positive aerobic bacteria
member of: family_Mycobacteriaceae__Mycobacteriaceae a family of bacteria
member of: order_Actinomycetales__Actinomycetales filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria
member of: division_Eubacteria one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
member of: kingdom_Monera__Monera prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
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