Associations to the word «Yersinia»

YERSINIA, noun. 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.

YERSINIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae   — certain bacteria hosted especially by rodents, some pathogenic to humans.

YERSINIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae   — the single species Yersinia mexicana.

YERSINIA PESTIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae   — the plague bacillus, causative agent of the bubonic plague.