NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
This species is acid fast, stains with carbol fuchsin rather than a traditional Gram
stain, has the longest doubling time of all known bacteria, and has never been cultured
in vitro. Mycobacterium leprae is pathogenic, being the causative agent of leprosy.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium leprae.;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping