Yersinia pestis
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Enterobacterales |
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Prokaryota |
Familia: Yersiniaceae
Genus: Yersinia
Species: Yersinia pestis
Strains: Yersinia pestis Antiqua – Yersinia pestis CO92 – Yersinia pestis KIM – Yersinia pestis Nepal516 – Yersinia pestis Pestoides F – Yersinia pestis biovar Microtus str. 91001
Name
[edit]Yersinia pestis (Lehmann & Neumann) van Loghem, 1944
Synonyms
[edit]- Bacillus pestis Migula, 1900
- Bacterium pestis Lehmann & Neumann, 1896
- Pasteurella pestis Bergey et al., 1923
- Pestisella pestis K.A.Dorof., 1947
- Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis Bercovier et al., 1981
Information
[edit]The causative agent of the plague also known as "black death", Yersina pestis is a pathogenic bacterium.
Vernacular names
[edit]- беларуская: Чумная палачка
- eesti: Katkubakter
- polski: pałeczka dżumy
- українська: єрсинія чумна, чумна паличка, збудник чуми
- 中文: 鼠疫桿菌