Yersinia pestis

Taxonavigation

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

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 Dorofeev, 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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