Q: What type of bacteria causes the disease called tuberculosis?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Tuberculosis (TB) is a common and often deadly disease caused by a genus of bacterium called Mycobacterium . Tuberculosis most commonly attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. TB is a chronic disease, but most people who become infected do not develop the full disease. Symptoms include a cough, which usually contains mucus and coughing up blood.

 Choices:

- E. coli

- staphylococcus

- streptococcus

- mycobacterium


A:
mycobacterium