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What are the diseases caused by bacteria?


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Bacteria:

  1. Bacteria are microscopic, relatively simple, prokaryotic organisms whose cells lack a nucleus.
  2. They lack cell organelles except for ribosomes.
  3. The cell wall is present in bacteria.
  4. Bacteria that cause various diseases in humans are known as pathogenic bacteria.

Some of the diseases caused by bacteria :

  1. Cholera:
  • Caused by Vibrio cholerae

2.Typhoid:

  • Caused by Salmonella typhi

3. Tuberculosis:

  • Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

4. Tetanus:

  • Caused by Clostridium tetani

5. Anthrax:

  • Caused by Bacillus anthracis

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