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?Yersinia Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Proteobacteria Order: Enterobacteriales Family: Enterobacteriaceae Genus: Yersinia van Loghem, 1944 Species Y. pestis Y. enterocolitica Y. pseudotuberculosis etc. Yersinia is a genus of bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae named for A.E.J. Yersin, a Swiss bacteriologist, who discovered the Yersinia pestis bacterium - cause of plague. The special genus Yersinia is ...
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