Question

Lyme disease is caused by

• A. B. abortus
• B. B. coagulans
• C. B. burgdorferi
• D. B. popilliae

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

B. burgdorferi

• Brucella abortus is a bacterial that causes Brucellosis disease which usually causes joint and muscle pain and sweating etc.
• Bacillus coagulans are lactic acid bacteria which are used in dairy for cogulating milk to form different milk products.
• Borrelia burgdorferi causes a skin disease called Lyme disease which is accompanied by redness of skin and rashes.
• Bacillus popilliae bacteria causes milky spore disease in the grubs of the larvae of Japanese beetle.
• So, the correct answer is 'B. burgdorferi'