Yersinia
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Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the plague and one of the principal clinically relevant species of yersinia. 
Yersinia pestis, with fluorescent stain.
See also: yersinia
Translingual
Etymology
Named after French physician and bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943) for the bacteria; named after Swiss entomologist Alexander Yersin (1825–1863) for the mantis.
Proper noun
Yersinia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain bacteria hosted especially by rodents, some pathogenic to humans.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – the single species Yersinia mexicana.
Hypernyms
- (genus of Enterobacteriaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Enterobacterales – order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
- (genus of Mantidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Polyneoptera – superorder; Mantodea – order; Mantidae – family; Amelinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus of Enterobacteriaceae): Yersinia pestis (bubonic plague bacterium) - type species; Yersinia aldovae, Yersinia aleksiciae, Yersinia bercovieri, Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia entomophaga, Yersinia frederiksenii, Yersinia intermedia, Yersinia kristensenii, Yersinia mollaretii, Yersinia philomiragia, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Yersinia rohdei, Yersinia ruckeri - selected other species
- (genus of Mantidae): Yersinia mexicana - sole species
Derived terms
References
- (genus of Enterobacteriaceae):
Yersinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Yersinia (Enterobacteriaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Yersinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Yersinia in the Genome Taxonomy Database
- (genus of Mantidae):
- Yersinia (Mantidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
