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Yersinia pestis

species of bacteria, cause of plague
Taxon Taxon Q153875
Yersinia pestis

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
Y. pestis[10]
Discoverer or inventor
Alexandre Yersin[2]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[7]
Gram staining
gram-negative bacteria[14]
Has effect
plague, Plague of Justinian[8][9]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Parent taxon
Yersinia[4]
Taxon author citation
* (Lehmann & Neumann, 1896)
Taxon common name
Katkubakter, pałeczka dżumy, 鼠疫桿菌[11][12][13]
Taxon name
Yersinia pestis[5]
Taxon rank
species[3]
Time of discovery or invention
1894[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pasteurella pestis en Yersinia pestis ar يرسينيا طاعونية de Pestbakterium de Pasteurella pestis es Y. pestis es Pasteurella pestis es Y pestis fa یرسینیا پستیس fr Pasteurella pestis ja ペスト菌 ko 페스트균 ko 예르시니아 페스티스 ko 여시니아 페스티스 nl Pasteurella pestis pl Pasteurella pestis pl Bacillus pestis pl Bacterium pestis pl pałeczka dżumy pl Pesticella pestis
🔖 Identifiers · 50
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh88023364
OpenAlex ID
C2778222588
A Dictionary of Genetics entry ID
7295
BNCF Thesaurus ID
32038
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12376534j
Catalogue of Life ID
7FZKR
DeCS ID
15408
EASIN ID
R16284
EPPO Code
YERSPE
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3dkPB9, 1VCT2B
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
457237, 123771
Encyclopedia of Life ID
972652
Show all 50 identifiers +38
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/Yersinia-pestis
FactGrid item ID
Nothofagus obliqua
Freebase ID
/m/088f1
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5427631
Global Invasive Species Database ID
450
Global Species ID
119647
Golden ID (archived)
Yersinia_pestis-JNDG8
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1159128978
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XN6QS
INSDC/RefSeq assembly accession number
GCA_001261985.1, GCA_001261975.1, GCA_006376445.1, GCA_006376545.1, GCA_001509855.1, GCA_006376415.1, GCA_006376505.1, GCA_001487065.1, GCA_006546725.1, GCA_001613885.1, GCA_001613895.1, GCA_001617805.1, GCA_001601675.1, GCA_001617815.1, GCA_000987005.3, GCA_001617785.1, GCA_001693595.1, GCA_002529545.1, GCA_008630485.1, GCA_008630395.1, GCA_008630575.1, GCA_002981955.1, GCA_002981995.1, GCA_002993145.1, GCA_002981895.1, GCA_002981915.1, GCA_002981975.1, GCA_003074235.1, GCA_003074215.1, GCA_003074335.1, GCA_003074415.1, GCA_003074275.1, GCA_003074535.1, GCA_003122795.1, GCA_003074195.1, GCA_003074395.1, GCA_003074595.1, GCA_003074675.1, GCA_003085935.1, GCA_003085995.1, GCA_009670305.1, GCA_009670395.1, GCA_009670485.1, GCA_009670585.1, GCA_009670705.1, GCA_009670785.1, GCA_009670995.1, GCA_003798085.1, GCA_003798205.1, GCA_003797205.1, GCA_003798225.1, GCA_003798345.1, GCA_004023595.1, GCA_008630375.2, GCA_006517425.1, GCA_902387395.1, GCA_008630455.1, GCA_009295945.1, 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GCA_019231555.1, GCA_019238265.1, GCA_019238375.1, GCA_019238545.1, GCA_019238595.1, GCA_019238725.1, GCA_019238755.1, GCA_019238905.1, GCA_019238105.1, GCA_019238135.1, GCA_019238175.1, GCA_019238195.1, GCA_019238235.1, GCA_019238315.1, GCA_019238415.1, GCA_019238425.1, GCA_019238775.1, GCA_019239145.1, GCA_025604085.1, GCA_025604185.1, GCA_019231515.1, GCA_019231505.1, GCA_019231535.1, GCA_019231525.1, GCA_019238145.1, GCA_019238255.1, GCA_019238345.1, GCA_019238895.1, GCA_019238915.1, GCA_019238985.1, GCA_019239165.1, GCA_015338045.2, GCA_021230015.1, GCA_024498375.1, GCA_030254935.1, GCA_030255075.1, GCA_030255135.1, GCA_030255155.1, GCA_030255235.1, GCA_030255255.1, GCA_030255285.1, GCA_030255335.1, GCA_030255355.1, GCA_030255645.1, GCA_030255745.1, GCA_030255955.1, GCA_030256015.1, GCA_030256145.1, GCA_030256245.1, GCA_030256345.1, GCA_030256455.1, GCA_030256475.1, GCA_030256555.1, GCA_030256675.1, GCA_030256775.1, GCA_030256875.1, GCA_030256975.1, GCA_030257075.1, 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GCA_030261535.1, GCA_030261575.1, GCA_030261655.1, GCA_030261725.1, GCA_030261835.1, GCA_030261925.1, GCA_030262035.1, GCA_030262055.1, GCA_030254955.1, GCA_030255045.1, GCA_030255175.1, GCA_030255275.1, GCA_030255365.1, GCA_030255475.1, GCA_030255525.1, GCA_030255555.1, GCA_030255675.1, GCA_030255865.1, GCA_030255975.1, GCA_030255995.1, GCA_030256035.1, GCA_030256095.1, GCA_030256165.1, GCA_030256235.1, GCA_030256285.1, GCA_030256385.1, GCA_030256495.1, GCA_030256575.1, GCA_030256795.1, GCA_030256995.1, GCA_030257095.1, GCA_030257195.1, GCA_030257215.1, GCA_030257295.1, GCA_030257395.1, GCA_030257415.1, GCA_030257495.1, GCA_030257515.1, GCA_030257615.1, GCA_030257715.1, GCA_030257755.1, GCA_030257805.1, GCA_030257895.1, GCA_001509865.1, GCA_001617735.1, GCA_900095105.1, GCA_002005285.1, GCA_003086115.1, GCA_003086155.1, GCA_003086015.1, GCA_003086095.1, GCA_003085875.1, GCA_003085915.1, GCA_003085955.1, GCA_003085975.1, GCA_003086035.1, GCA_003086055.1, GCA_003086075.1
INaturalist taxon ID
948991
IRMNG ID
10032700
ITIS TSN
967822
Interlingual Index ID
i42426
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
59812
J9U entity ID
987007534303805171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
yersinia-pestis
KBpedia ID
Plague-Bacterium
LPSN URL
lpsn.dsmz.de
MeSH descriptor ID
D015010
MeSH tree code
B03.440.450.425.900.600, B03.660.250.150.950.580
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2.9B (2.8B–2.9B, n=3)
Montana Field Guide species ID
BPROT01010
NALT ID
14851
NCBI taxonomy ID
632
NL CR AUT ID
ph880100
Namuwiki ID
페스트균
Open Tree of Life ID
857207
Quora topic ID
Yersinia-Pestis-1
SeqCode Registry ID
22709
TAXREF ID
886963
Topic's main category
Category:Yersinia pestis
UMLS CUI
C0043408
UNII
S6JJH3XV1D
WikiProjectMed ID
Yersinia pestis
WikiSkripta article ID
3830
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01353342-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/8a2ff51d-fa36-4c23-9ff0-9e5b40a4342c

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🔗 Connections
← Has cause 10
plague, bubonic plague, Plague of Justinian, Great Plague of London, Great Plague of Marseille, Plague of Amwas, Great Plague of Vienna, 1563 London plague +2 more
Has effect 2
plague, Plague of Justinian
Discoverer or inventor 1
Alexandre Yersin
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Gram staining 1
gram-negative bacteria
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Yersinia
Taxon rank 1
species
← Found in taxon 1
glycerol
← Taxonomic type 1
Yersinia
← Vaccine for 1
plague vaccine
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Summary

Yersinia pestis is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Alexandre Yersin

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  6. [7] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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  1. 26d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added qualifier: MediaWiki page ID: 64182, Add qualifier to WikiProjectMed ID `Yersinia pestis`"
  2. 28d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon author citation → * (Lehmann & Neumann, 1896)
    "Created claim: Taxon author citation: * (Lehmann & Neumann, 1896), Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  3. 6w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Y. pestis'}
    "Created claim: Short name: Y. pestis"
  4. 12w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i42426
    "Changed [tt] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48016"
  5. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 01353342-n
    "Created claim: WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 01353342-n"
  6. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3dkPB9, 1VCT2B
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  7. 21w ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    INaturalist taxon ID → 948991
    "Created claim: INaturalist taxon ID: 948991, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781110391354"
  8. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Yersinia
    Has effect → plague, Plague of Justinian
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Taxon rank → species
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007534303805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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