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The microbe responsible for the deadly disease of Black Death was a________


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bacterium

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virus

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fungus

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protozoan

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Solution

The correct option is A

bacterium


Black Death was the most disastrous disease in the human history. 70 - 200 million people were killed in Europe and Asia. The microbe that was responsible for this deadly disease was a bacterium Yersinia pestis. It caused many types of plague including bubonic plague.


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