The key difference between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria is that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis while nontuberculous mycobacteria are causative agents of lung diseases, but they do not cause tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria cause chronic lung infections. However, Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis which transmits from person to person from […]