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Tuberculosis is caused by which bacteria?

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Corynebacterium tuberculosis

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is caused by a rod-shaped bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is an air-borne communicable disease. The bacteria usually attacks the lungs during the initial phase of infection.

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