Yersinia pestis

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Gram-negative bacterium bacterium coccobacillus facultative anaerobe pathogen

Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Yersinia pestis canonical 15
Yersinia pestis CO92 2
Yersinia pestis KIM 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gram-negative bacterium ⓘ
bacterium ⓘ
coccobacillus ⓘ
facultative anaerobe ⓘ
pathogen ⓘ
antibioticClassUsed aminoglycosides ⓘ
fluoroquinolones ⓘ
tetracyclines ⓘ
associatedPandemic Black Death ⓘ
Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Third Plague Pandemic ⓘ
biosafetyConcern potential bioterrorism agent ⓘ
biosafetyLevel BSL-3 ⓘ
causes bubonic plague ⓘ
plague ⓘ
pneumonic plague ⓘ
septicemic plague ⓘ
CDCClassification Category A bioterrorism agent ⓘ
class Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ
discoveredBy Alexandre Yersin ⓘ
discoveryYear 1894 ⓘ
domain Bacteria ⓘ
family Yersiniaceae ⓘ
formerlyNamed Yersinia pestis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pasteurella pestis
genomeType circular chromosome ⓘ
genus Yersinia ⓘ
GramStain Gram-negative ⓘ
hasPlasmid pCD1 ⓘ
pMT1 ⓘ
pPCP1 ⓘ
humanDisease acute febrile illness ⓘ
motility non-motile ⓘ
naturalHabitat rodent-flea ecological cycle ⓘ
order Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ
surface form: Enterobacterales
oxygenRequirement facultative anaerobic ⓘ
phylum Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ
surface form: Pseudomonadota
primaryReservoir rodents ⓘ
shape short rod ⓘ
sporeForming non-spore-forming ⓘ
stainingCharacteristic bipolar staining ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
transmissionRoute contact with infected animals ⓘ
flea bite ⓘ
inhalation of infectious droplets ⓘ
transmissionVector fleas ⓘ
treatment antibiotics ⓘ
virulenceFactor F1 capsule antigen ⓘ
Yersinia outer proteins ⓘ
lipopolysaccharide endotoxin ⓘ
type III secretion system ⓘ
zoonotic true ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Death → hasCause → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Great Plague of London → hasCause → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Yersinia pestis → formerlyNamed → Yersinia pestis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pasteurella pestis
Justinianic Plague → hasCauseAgent → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Justinianic Plague → hasDiseaseType → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: bubonic plague
Third Plague Pandemic → causativeAgent → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Unit 731 → notablePathogen → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Alexandre Yersin → eponymOf → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Alexandre Yersin → discovered → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
CDC Category A agent → hasExampleAgent → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Gammaproteobacteria → notableSpeciesExample → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Yersinia → containsSpecies → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Yersinia → pathogenicMember → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Yersiniaceae → notableSpecies → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
Yersinia outer proteins → producedBy → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
pMT1 → foundInTaxon → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
pMT1 → geneticElementOf → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yersinia pestis CO92
pMT1 → geneticElementOf → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yersinia pestis KIM
pPCP1 → foundInSpecies → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
pPCP1 → carriedBy → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yersinia pestis CO92
pPCP1 → carriedBy → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yersinia pestis KIM
pPCP1 → carriedBy → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yersinia pestis biovar Medievalis strains
pPCP1 → carriedBy → Yersinia pestis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yersinia pestis biovar Orientalis strains