Yersinia pestis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Enterobacterales
Prokaryota Superregnum: Bacteria Regnum: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Classis: Gammaproteobacteria Ordo: Enterobacterales

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

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