yersinia

See also: Yersinia

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

After Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist, + -ia.

Noun

yersinia (plural yersinias or yersiniae)

  1. 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.
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