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pestis
see plague.
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The university said Saturday that its researcher studied the genetics of harmful bacteria including Yersinia pestis, which causes the illness.
IN BRIEF by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Pneumonic plague is a highly virulent form of the plague, caused when the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes plague, infects the lungs.
2 die of plague in northwest China by Asian Economic News
Yersinia is known for triggering various different diseases, one of the well-known diseases is the Yersinia pestis type which caused the Plague in medieval times, leading to the death of around a third of Europe's population.
How bacteria's in-built thermometer helps spread infection by Asian News International
 
 
 
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