Yersinia pestis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Enterobacterales
Prokaryota Superregnum: 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

Yersinia pestis (Lehmann & Neumann) van Loghem, 1944

Synonyms

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

The causative agent of the plague also known as "black death", Yersina pestis is a pathogenic bacterium.

Vernacular names

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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