Talk:Mycobacterium tuberculosis/Archive 1

Gram status of Mycobacteria

While it seems odd, members of the genus Mycobacterium are classified as Gram-positive bacteria. I've added an explicit reference to the page (Sherris' Medical Micro), but for online sources, see here, or here, or here, or even at PMID 14597624.

There has been some recent discussion about this G+ve vs. G-ve classification (see PMID 12356459 for an example), but at this point the balance of evidence is still in the Gram +ve camp. -- MarcoTolo 01:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I would like to make the suggestion that Mycobacteria are neither Gram negative nor Gram positive (under the heading: Physiology); due to their response to the Gram stain technique. I believe that they should be referred to as acid-fast only. My reference also acknowledges that they stain weakly positive with the Gram stain. I refer to Kumar: Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th ed., (2005) Saunders, An Imprint of Elsevier. (Online edition). Tewn 13:02, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Too obscure

Phosphatidylmyo-inositol mannosides, any idea on what to do with this? FullMetal Falcon 15:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

vote to place wpmed template

I am starting a vote to determine whether MTB should have wpmed templateplaced on it, but I guess I need to sign in to do that. One second... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.7.156 (talk) 02:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, place wpmed template on this article. It is important for physicians and medical students to learn about the pathogen and virulence factors that cause TB. Tkjazzer (talk) 02:56, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
• Maybe. WPMED is currently trying to refine the criteria for pathogens (which are not, technically, the diseases, and the project is focused on diseases, not causes). For now, since the article contains information about diagnosis, I think it's reasonable. However, you should probably read WP:WikiProject Council/Guide#Article_tagging: article editors cannot force a project to support any article over the objections of the project. Consequently, a vote is irrelevant, and you'd be better off reading [[ the project's advice on this subject. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:03, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm not saying they HAVE to monitor the article. I'm saying tag it and maybe someone will stumble back to wp:med who wouldn't without the tag. -tk

Epidemiology Section?

Does anyone want to make an epidemiology section for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.164.86.67 (talk) 04:07, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

This article is about the bacterium not the disease.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:12, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Spin

This is probably the most migitating description of tuberculosis I have come across in a while. Only mild bone-pain yes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.120.144.68 (talk) 23:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Obligate

In the edit of 23:03, 17 November 2015,‎ CoopKim05 inserted the word "obligate" in the lead sentence. In the reference supplied ("Sliding Motility in Mycobacteria"), the context is that M. tuberculosis is an obligate pathogen, meaning that it can't ordinarily propagate outside a living host. (It can propagate outside a living host under laboratory conditions.) M. tuberculosis is also "obligate" in two other senses. It is "obligate" to humans, at least primarily, which is simply a narrower sense of being an obligate pathogen. And it is an obligate aerobe. After CoopKim05 inserted "obligate", an IP user wikilinked it, which is bad because Obligate is a disambiguation page.

I don't think it's helpful to have this word in the lead sentence, and it's certainly not helpful to have it linked to a disambiguation page. So, I am removing it from the lead. In the Co-evolution with modern humans section, I am wikilinking "obligate" to Obligate parasite. —Anomalocaris (talk) 07:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Tuberculosis Necrotizing Toxin discovery

• Someone with a better biology background than me can judge if this news report is significant or should be incorporated into this article. In any case, the illustration is a bit silly. --Dystopos (talk) 15:06, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
• There's not much about TNT beyond that research group. If you want to cover cytotoxicity/virulence factors in Mtb, the Type VII secretion systems (esp RD1/ESX-1) reaaaallly should be covered first.

82.10.155.49 (talk) 00:05, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

La tuberculose est causé par Myobacterium tuberculosis

Myobacterium tuberculosis se sont des bactéries Gram positif 41.188.105.72 (talk) 22:38, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

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