| | the GASTROLAB Gastrointestinal Encyclopedia |
 | | Yersin, Aleksandre J.E. (1863-1943) A Swiss bacteriologist working in Paris, who has given his name to the Yersinia-bacterias. |
 | | Yersinia A group of gram-negative anaerobic rod-shaped bacterias belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae-family. |
 | | To this bacteria genus belongs Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing plague, and Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, bacterias causing acute bowel infections in humans. |
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