Examples of the mycobacterial species that occur in humans and belong to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex include:
a. M. tuberculosis, nontuberculous myco-bacteria, M. bovis, and M. africanum.
b. M. tuberculosis, M. gordonae, M. bovis BCG, and M. africanum.
c. M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. avium, and M. intracellulare.
d. M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. bovis BCG, and M. africanum.
D
The term complex is used in the clinical microbiology laboratory setting to describe two or more species whose distinction is complicated and of little or no medical importance. The mycobac-terial species that occur in humans and belong to the M. tuberculosis complex include M. tuber-culosis, M. bovis, M. bovis BCG, M. africanum, M. caprae, M. microti, M. canettii, M. mungo, M. orygis, and M. pinnipedii. All of the species in the M. tuberculosis complex are capable of causing tuberculosis.
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