Yersinia

Rank: Genus

Lineage: Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Gammaproteobacteria;Enterobacterales;Yersiniaceae;Yersinia

Description: Yersinia is a genus of bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae. Yersinia species are Gram-negative, coccobacilli bacteria, a few micrometers long and fractions of a micrometer in diameter, and are facultative anaerobes. Some members of Yersinia are pathogenic in humans; in particular, Y. pestis is the causative agent of the plague. Rodents are the natural reservoirs of Yersinia; less frequently, other mammals serve as the host. Infection may occur either through blood (in the case of Y. pestis) or in an alimentary fashion, occasionally via consumption of food products (especially vegetables, milk-derived products, and meat) contaminated with infected urine or feces. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia

Name	Rank	Genomes
Yersinia	Genus	23
Yersinia pestis subsp. pestis	Species	4
Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica	Species	1
Yersinia enterocolitica	Species	1
Yersinia kristensenii	Species	1
Yersinia pestis	Species	14
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis	Species	2

Name: Yersinia

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Gammaproteobacteria;Enterobacterales;Yersiniaceae;Yersinia

Description:
Yersinia is a genus of bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae. Yersinia species are Gram-negative, coccobacilli bacteria, a few micrometers long and fractions of a micrometer in diameter, and are facultative anaerobes. Some members of Yersinia are pathogenic in humans; in particular, Y. pestis is the causative agent of the plague. Rodents are the natural reservoirs of Yersinia; less frequently, other mammals serve as the host. Infection may occur either through blood (in the case of Y. pestis) or in an alimentary fashion, occasionally via consumption of food products (especially vegetables, milk-derived products, and meat) contaminated with infected urine or feces.

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia