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CSP: species of gram positive, aerobic bacteria that causes leprosy in man; its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side.,MSH: A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes LEPROSY in man. Its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side.,NCI: 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.,NCI: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium leprae.