Question

Name the causative agent of Cholera.

Hint:

\textit{Vibrio cholerae} bacteria produce cholera toxin, which causes severe watery diarrhea.

Answer 1

The causative agent of cholera is the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It is a curved, rod-shaped, gram-negative bacterium that produces a potent enterotoxin called cholera toxin. This toxin is responsible for the clinical symptoms of the disease by disrupting the normal absorption and secretion mechanisms of the intestinal mucosa.