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)
- 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