IUBio

Myco or Micro?

auntie_biotic auntie_biotic at tbandu.co.uk
Mon Jan 6 20:45:20 EST 2003


Michael can I have that again BUT in layman's terms please?
"Michael" <muirhead at island.net> wrote in message
news:avd8c3012ig at enews2.newsguy.com...
>
> "auntie_biotic" <auntie_biotic at tbandu.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:avd712$o0u$1 at news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > What is the difference (if any) between microbacteria and mycobacteria
as
> in
> > M. chelonei?
> > Thanks in advance
> > only asking because I have been told off for confusing the two
>
> Simple.
>
> "Microbacterium"  isn't a taxonomically-recognized genus of microorganism,
> nor is it even a word with a generally agreed upon real-world definition.
>
> "Mycobacterium" is both a recognized genus and a real word.
>
> ((U))
>   M
>
>





More information about the Microbio mailing list

Send comments to us at biosci-help [At] net.bio.net