Yersinia pestis genome sequencing identifies patterns of global phylogenetic diversity.
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Yersinia pestis is arguably the most deadly bacteria known to man.
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Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, possesses at least four mechanisms for evading our innate immune system.
From the newscientist.com
Yersinia pestis infections of the lung, known as pneumonic plague, are extremely lethal and usually lead to death within a week of infection.
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Yersinia pestis circulates in animal reservoirs, particularly in rodents, in the natural foci of infection found on all continents except Australia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis shares a genetic identity rate of 95% with Y. pestis, but is much less virulent and rarely attributed to disease-related fatalities.