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Yersinia pestis

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Noun1.Yersinia pestis - a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon
B, bacillus - aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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Pneumonic plague is a highly virulent form of the plague, caused when the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes plague, infects the lungs.
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Yersinia is known for triggering various different diseases, one of the well-known diseases is the Yersinia pestis type which caused the Plague in medieval times, leading to the death of around a third of Europe's population.
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Yersin named it Pasteurella pestis in honor of the Pasteur Institute, where he worked, but in 1967 it was moved to a new genus, renamed Yersinia pestis in honor of Yersin.
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