Abstract Background The World Health Organization has categorized plague as a re-
emerging disease and the potential for Yersinia pestis to also be used as a bioweapon …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, has a virulence determinant called the low-
Ca2+ response (Lcr+ phenotype) that confers on the bacterium Ca2+ dependence for …

We studied a protein antigen, designated pH 6 Ag, that has the same regulation of
expression as the previously described Yersinia pestis pH 6 Ag. Monospecific antiserum to …

Yersinia pestis causes primary pneumonic plague in many mammalian species, including
humans, mice, and rats. Virulent Y. pestis strains undergo frequent spontaneous deletion of …

Host–pathogen interactions result in protein expression changes within both the host and
the pathogen. Here, results from proteomic characterization of host response following …

Background Bacteriophages specific for Yersinia pestis are routinely used for plague
diagnostics and could be an alternative to antibiotics in case of drug-resistant plague. A …

The complete nucleotide sequence and gene organization of the three virulence plasmids
from Yersinia pestis KIM5 were determined. Plasmid pPCP1 (9,610 bp) has a GC content of …

Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague, a disease that can manifest as either
bubonic or pneumonic plague. An interesting feature of plague is that it is a rapidly …

The transformation of the enteropathogenic bacterium Yersinia pseudotuberculosis into the
plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis, has been accompanied by extensive genetic loss. This …

The pathogenesis of infection with Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, was
examined following subcutaneous infection of BALB/c mice with a fully virulent strain …