Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
Yersinia
English translation:
Yersinia pestis
Added to glossary by
John Kinory (X)
Mar 15, 2002 22:22
22 yrs ago
Latin term
Yersinia
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Latin to English
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plague
Yersinia petis
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Yersinia pestis
Related to 'pest'.
It's the bacterium that causes the Black Death - bubonic plague.
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Note added at 2002-03-15 22:51:15 (GMT)
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In English you can refer to it as the bubonic plague germ (or bacterium), but normally you stick with the Latin name.
It's the bacterium that causes the Black Death - bubonic plague.
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Note added at 2002-03-15 22:51:15 (GMT)
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In English you can refer to it as the bubonic plague germ (or bacterium), but normally you stick with the Latin name.
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yersinia petis
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Possible biological agents include Bacillus anthracis, which cases anthrax, Yersinia
petis, which causes plague, and variola major (smallpox) [3]. These are ...
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