YERSINIA PESTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yersinia pestis mean? 

• YERSINIA PESTIS (noun)
  The noun YERSINIA PESTIS has 1 sense:

1. a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: YERSINIA PESTIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YERSINIA PESTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Yersinia pestis" is a kind of...):

B; bacillus (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)

 Context examples 

Plague is an infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

(Plague, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

A Gram-negative bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis.

(Plague, NCI Thesaurus)