yersinia

See also: Yersinia

English

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the plague and one of the principal clinically relevant species of yersinia.

Wikispecies

Etymology

After Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist, + -ia.

Noun

yersinia (plural yersinias or yersiniae)

1. 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.

Related terms

• yersinial