What is Yersinia?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Yersinia'' | image = Yersinia pestis.jpg | regnum = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Proteobacteria]] | classis = [[Gammaproteobacteria]] | ordo = [[Enterobacteriaceae|Enterobacteriales]] | familia = [[Enterobacteriaceae]] | genus = '''''Yersinia''''' | genus_authority = van Loghem, 1944 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Yersinia aldovae|Y. aldovae]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia aleksiciae|Y. aleksiciae]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia bercovieri|Y. bercovieri]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia enterocolitica|Y. enterocolitica]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia frederiksenii|Y. frederiksenii]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia intermedia|Y. intermedia]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia kristensenii|Y. kristensenii]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia mollaretii|Y. mollaretii]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia pestis|Y. pestis]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia pseudotuberculosis|Y. pseudotuberculosis]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia rohdei|Y. rohdei]]''<br> ''[[Yersinia ruckeri|Y. ruckeri]]'' }} '''''Yersinia''''' is a [[bacterium]] in the large [[family (biology)|family]] of bacteria, [[Enterobacteriaceae]]. ''[[Yersinia pestis]]'' is the type genus. ''Yersinia pestis'' is also the cause of the [[bubonic plague]], one of the most dreaded diseases of the 18th century. ''Yersinia enterocolitica'' causes the disease yersiniosis.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/yersinia_g.htm |title=Disease Listing, Yersinia enterocolitica, General Info &#124; CDC Bacterial, Mycotic Diseases |first= |last= |work=cdc.gov |year=2011 |quote=Yersinia enterocolitica |accessdate=5 July 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]