What is meant by MOTT? Soil contain same bacteria(germs) which cause TB in humans>

Surprisingly Leprosy –a disease which primarily affects skin & nerves of Men & Women in some poverty stricken districts of India also is caused by the same family of germs: We refer to Mycobacterium tuberculosis which causes 1) tuberculosis; or Mycobacterium leprae which causes leprosy. What is meant by nontuberculous   mycobacteria (NTM), environmental mycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT)?

A)Characteristics of Myco Tuberculosis? They live in the soil and water throughout the world. Because they are protected by their waxy lipid-rich cell wall, mycobacteria are resistant to disinfectants. This is why they are ubiquitous inhabitants of the hospital environment ; and frequent contaminants in hospital settings, where they are often found in the water supply and even in the solutions in which the endometrial biopsy is sent to the lab for PCR testing).