Yersinia

See also: yersinia

Translingual

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the plague and one of the principal clinically relevant species of yersinia.

Yersinia pestis, with fluorescent stain.

Etymology

Named after French physician and bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin (1863–1943) for the bacteria; named after Swiss entomologist Alexander Yersin (1825–1863) for the mantis.

Proper noun

Yersinia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – certain bacteria hosted especially by rodents, some pathogenic to humans.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Mantidae – the single species Yersinia mexicana.

Hypernyms

• (genus of Enterobacteriaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Enterobacterales – order; Enterobacteriaceae - family
• (genus of Mantidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Mantodea - order; Mantidae - family; Amelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus of Enterobacteriaceae): Yersinia pestis (bubonic plague bacterium) - type species; Yersinia aldovae, Yersinia aleksiciae, Yersinia bercovieri, Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia entomophaga, Yersinia frederiksenii, Yersinia intermedia, Yersinia kristensenii, Yersinia mollaretii, Yersinia philomiragia, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Yersinia rohdei, Yersinia ruckeri - selected other species
• (genus of Mantidae): Yersinia mexicana - sole species

Derived terms

• Yersiniops

References

• (genus of Enterobacteriaceae):
  • Yersinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Yersinia (Enterobacteriaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Yersinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Yersinia in the Genome Taxonomy Database
• (genus of Mantidae):
  • Yersinia (Mantidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies