Associations to the word «Yersinia»

Wiktionary

YERSINIA, noun. A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
YERSINIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae   — certain bacteria hosted especially by rodents, some pathogenic to humans.
YERSINIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae   — the single species Yersinia mexicana.
YERSINIA PESTIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae   — the plague bacillus, causative agent of the bubonic plague.

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