Yersinia pestis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kinrick: | Eubacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Cless: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacteriales |
| Faimily: | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Yersinia |
| Species: | Y. pestis |
| Binomial name | |
| Yersinia pestis (Lehmann & Neumann, 1896) van Loghem, 1944 | |
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Bacillus
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Yersinia pestis[1] (umwhile Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative, rod-shapit coccobacillus, a facultative anaerobic organism that can smit humans via the oriental ratton flech.[2] It causes the deidly tribble cried bubonic plague (or "the plague" colloquially).[3][4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Sutyak, Katya. "Yersinia Pestis." University of Connecticut. University of Connecticut, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.
- ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 484–488. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
- ↑ http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150621-48754-USA
- ↑ CDC http://www.cdc.gov/plague/