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Alexandre Yersin

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Noun1.Alexandre Yersin - French bacteriologist born in SwitzerlandAlexandre Yersin - French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)


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In 1894, two bacteriologists, Alexandre Yersin of France and Shibasaburo Kitasato of Japan, independently isolated the bacterium in Hong Kong responsible for the Third Pandemic.
 
 
 
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