Search results
Yersinia pestis is a parasite of its host, the rat flea, which is also a parasite of rats, hence Y. pestis is a hyperparasite. Y. pestis was discovered in 1894 by Alexandre Yersin, a Swiss/French physician and bacteriologist from the Pasteur Institute, during an epidemic of the plague in Hong Kong.
Dec 9, 2020 · The Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis is responsible for deadly plague, a zoonotic disease established in stable foci in the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia.
- R. Barbieri, M. Signoli, D. Chevé, C. Costedoat, S. Tzortzis, G. Aboudharam, D. Raoult, M. Drancourt
- 2020
Apr 3, 2019 · Plague is a vector-borne disease caused by Yersinia pestis. Transmitted by fleas from rodent reservoirs, Y. pestis emerged <6000 years ago from an enteric bacterial ancestor through events of...
- Christian E. Demeure, Olivier Dussurget, Olivier Dussurget, Guillem Mas Fiol, Guillem Mas Fiol, Anne...
- 2019
May 30, 2024 · Yersinia pestis, bacterium in the family Yersiniaceae (order Enterobacterales) that causes plague. Yersinia pestis is classified as a Gram-negative coccobacillus, being spherical to cylindrical in shape and having a thin peptidoglycan cell wall surrounded by an outer lipopolysaccharide membrane.
- Kara Rogers
Dec 24, 2013 · After arming itself in the macrophage, Y. pestis becomes resistant to phagocytosis and is then capable of surviving outside the cell, which is critical for its pathogenesis. In this review, we will summarize what is known regarding the mechanisms through which Y. pestis survives in a host, inside or outside the cell.
- Yuehua Ke, Zeliang Chen, Ruifu Yang
- 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00106
- 2013
- Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2013; 3: 106.
Jun 30, 2015 · To answer the question of how Y. pestis made that crucial leap to targeting the lung and therefore being able to cause pneumonic plague, we used strains of both ancestral and modern Y. pestis in...
Oct 2, 2015 · Yersinia pestis, is most notable for its devastating role in plagues of the past. These bacteria are Gamaproteobacteria that are Gram negative with a coccobacillus shape and are facultative anaerobes.
