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Standard IX
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Disease Causing Microbes
Cholera is ca...
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Cholera is caused by

A
Bacillus mycobacterium
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B
Vibrio cholerae
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Pseudomonas putida
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D
Streptococcus cholerace
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Solution

The correct option is A Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes cholera, a diseases caused by eating or drinking the contaminated food or water respectively. Bacillus mycobacterium causes typhoid while Pseudomonas putida and Streptococcus are causative agent of skin and soft tissue infections and sore throat respectively. Thus, the correct answer is B.

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