Yersinia Definition

yər-sĭnē-ə
yersiniae
noun
A gram-negative bacillus of the genus Yersinia that causes various diseases in animals and humans, including plague.
American Heritage
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae "” certain bacteria hosted especially by rodents, some pathogenic to humans.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Yersinia

Noun

Singular:
yersinia
Plural:
yersiniae

Origin of Yersinia

  • From French Yersin (“a surname") +"Ž -ia; after Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin for the plague bacteria; after Alexander Yersin (entomologist) for the mantis.

    From Wiktionary

  • From New Latin Yersinia genus name after Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin (1863–1943), Swiss-born French bacteriologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist, + -ia.

    From Wiktionary

Yersinia Sentence Examples

  • A special culture medium is needed to grow Yersinia.

  • Click image to enlarge Cross section of kidney nephron from rainbow trout naturally infected with Yersinia ruckeri.

  • Other examples of enterobacteria are species of Salmonella, Shigella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Proteus, and Yersinia.

  • Bloody diarrhea, sometimes called dysentery, is produced by EHEC, EIEC, some types of Salmonella, some types of Shigella, and Yersinia.

  • Plague-A serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

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