Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of the disease plague, has been implicated in three
historical pandemics. These include the third pandemic of the 19th and 20th centuries …

A chromosomally encoded protein, which mediates invasion into HeLa cells was recently
identified in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 1, 2. The role of this protein (invasin) in the …

The origin of the medieval Black Death pandemic (ad 1346–1353) has been a topic of
continuous investigation because of the pandemic's extensive demographic impact and long …

Over the last few years, genomic studies on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of all known
plague epidemics, have considerably increased in numbers, spanning a period of about …

Summary Between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago, many Neolithic societies declined
throughout western Eurasia due to a combination of factors that are still largely debated …

SUMMARY The Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis is responsible for deadly plague, a
zoonotic disease established in stable foci in the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Its …

Summary A 5,000-year-old Yersinia pestis genome (RV 2039) is reconstructed from a hunter-
fisher-gatherer (5300–5050 cal BP) buried at Riņņukalns, Latvia. RV 2039 is the first in a …

Background Whole genome sequencing allowed the development of a number of high
resolution sequence based typing tools for Yersinia (Y.) pestis. The application of these …

Plague, one of the most devastating diseases of human history, is caused by Yersinia pestis.
In this study, we analyzed the population genetic structure of Y. pestis and the two other …

Ancient DNA (aDNA) recovered from plague victims of the second plague pandemic (14th to
17th century), excavated from two different burial sites in Germany, and spanning a time …