Yersinia enterocolitica

Rank: Species

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

Description: This species is a food and waterborn pathogen that causes gastroenteritis (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine) and is able to proliferate at temperatures as low as 4 C. This species is comprised of nonpathogenic strains and pathogenic strains that exclusively contain the plasmid pCD1/pYv. The latter are further subdivided into high and low pathogenic serotypes dependent on the presence or absence of an iron uptake system. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Yersinia%20enterocolitica

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Yersinia	Genus	23
Yersinia enterocolitica	Species	1

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

Genome Status
- WGS
Isolation Country
- France
Disease
- Yersiniosis
Collection Year
- -
Completion Year
- -

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