The genus Yersinia consists of 15 species (www. bacterio. cict. fr/xz/yersinia. html), and only
three of them, Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. enterocolitica, are pathogenic to …

This chapter summarizes researches on genome and evolution features of Yersinia pestis,
the young pathogen that evolved from Y. pseudotuberculosis at least 5000 years ago. Y …

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 …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, seems to have evolved from a gastrointestinal
pathogen, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, in just 1,500–20,000 years—an'eye blink'in …

Conclusion Although there is still a lot of speculation about the emergence and evolution of
Y. pestis, recent advances made by different laboratories and the promising approach of …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, has recently diverged from the less virulent
enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Its emergence has been characterized by …

Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague, which diverged from Yersinia
pseudotuberculosis within the past 20,000 years. Although these two species share a high …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly uniform clone that diverged
recently from the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Despite their close genetic …

Yersinia pestis is the aetiological agent of plague, a disease of humans that has potentially
devastating consequences. Evidence indicates that Y. pestis evolved from Yersinia …

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 …