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In ancient and medieval times, people thought the plague was caused by rats, but the true cause wasn't discovered until 1894, when Alexandre Yersin of France and Kitasato Shibasaburo of Japan finally traced it to a bacterium now called Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted by fleas, which in turn are carried around by rats.
Forbes.com: News Steven Salzberg 2011
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A bacterium known as Yersinia pestis causes bubonic plague, known in medieval times as the Black Death when it was spread by infected fleas, and the more dangerous pneumonic plague, spread from one person to another through coughing or sneezing.
Calendars, plagues, deadlines M-mv 2008
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Many scientists think the plague was caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterial disease spread by fleas from rats.
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David is a deadly microscopic bug, Yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic plague, which attacks its human victims on the back of the tiny flea.
Reviews of Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe, by William Rosen 2007
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David is a deadly microscopic bug, Yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic plague, which attacks its human victims on the back of the tiny flea.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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The causative agent of the bubonic plague the gram negative facultative anaerobic bacterial species, Yersinia pestis is pretty harmless growing in a petri dish, but not nice if found in a burgeoning local rat population.
Rats 2007
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The mice reportedly were infected with the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes bubonic and other forms of plague.
3 Missing Lab Mice…Problem? They are Infected with Plague | Impact Lab 2005
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Jackson MW, Plano GV: Interactions between type III secretion apparatus components from Yersinia pestis detected using the yeast two-hybrid system.
To explain ID, *don't* look up the homologies - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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They found that the germ, Yersinia pestis, is almost identical to germs that are around today.
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Yersinia pestis bacteria shown in electron micrograph
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