Yersinia kristensenii

Rank: Species

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

Description: Yersinia. This genus consists of 11 species, 3 of which are human pathogens. Specific virulence factors are encoded within pathogenicity islands (PAIs) that are required for the invasive phenotype associated with Yersinia infections. These PAIs may be carried on extrachromosomal plasmids or on the chromosome. One key virulence plasmid contained by the three human-specific pathogens is pCD1/pYv, which encodes a type III secretion system for the delivery of virulence proteins that contribute to internalization into the host cell. Yersinia kristensenii. Yersinia kristensenii is one of several species formerly classified as Yersinia enterocolitica-like bacteria. This organism has been isolated environmental samples, food, animals and sick and healthy humans. More >> Less >>

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

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Yersinia	Genus	23
Yersinia kristensenii	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
- Unknown
Disease
- Gastroenteritis
Collection Year
- -
Completion Year
- -

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