Question

Match the bacterial diseases with their causative bacteria. Choose the answer which gives the correct combinations of the alphabets of the columns.

Answer 1

• Vibrio cholerae is a gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium. The bacterium's natural habitat is brackish or saltwater. Some strains of V. cholerae cause the disease cholera.
• Mycobacterium leprae, also known as Hansen's bacillus spirally, mostly found in warm tropical countries, is a bacterium that causes leprosy. It is an intracellular, pleomorphic, acid-fast, pathogenic bacterium.
• Xanthomonas citri is a gram-negative, rod-shaped proteobacterium. Although it is harmless for humans, it is a phytopathogen, known for being the causing agent of citrus canker.
• Diplococcus pneumoniae causes pneumonia and the common host is the human body.

So, the correct answer is option A-5, B-4, C-1, and D-2.