Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.

Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.

The Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of the systemic invasive infectious disease classically referred to as plague, and has been responsible for three human pandemics: the Justinian plague (sixth to eighth centuries), the Black Death (fourteenth to nineteenth centuries)...

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Main Authors: Parkhill, J, Wren, B, Thomson, N, Titball, R, Holden, M, Prentice, M, Sebaihia, M, James, K, Churcher, C, Mungall, K, Baker, S, Basham, D, Bentley, S, Brooks, K, Cerdeño-Tárraga, A, Chillingworth, T, Cronin, A, Davies, R, Davis, P, Dougan, G, Feltwell, T, Hamlin, N, Holroyd, S, Jagels, K, Karlyshev, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001

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